Jump to content

The Golden Age Players

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The Golden Age Players
Genrechildren's dramatic
Directed byValentine Boss
Country of originCanada
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
Production
ProducerAlan Brown
Production locationMontreal
Running time30 minutes
Original release
NetworkCBC Television
Release14 October (1957-10-14) –
23 December 1957 (1957-12-23)

The Golden Age Players is a Canadian children's dramatic television series that aired on CBC Television in 1957.

Premise

[edit]

Children acted in dramatic plays such as Empress and the Four Seasons, The Snow Queen (by Hans Christian Andersen) and The Birthday of the Infanta (or The Infanta's Dwarf, by Oscar Wilde). Wardrobe was by Jacqueline Boss, whose son Valentine was the series director.[1]

Scheduling

[edit]

This half-hour series was broadcast on alternate Mondays at 5:00 p.m. from 14 October to 23 December 1957. Chez Nous appeared on the other Mondays.

References

[edit]
  1. ^ Corcelli, John (February 2005). "The Golden Age Players". Canadian Communications Foundation. Retrieved 7 May 2010.
[edit]