''A Midsummer Theatre'' was a

Canadian Canadians (french: Canadiens) are people identified with the country of Canada. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Canadians, many (or all) of these connections exist and are collectively the source of ...

dramatic television series which aired on

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in 1958.

Premise

The Montreal-produced series consisted of various plays, many of which were written specifically for the programme. Featured playwrights included Eugene Cloutier (''Mary Ann''), M. Charles Cohen (''A Dispute of Long Standing'', ''The Equalizer'' and ''Trio''),

Joseph Schull Joseph Schull, OC (6 February 1906 – 19 May 1980) was a Canadian playwright and historian who wrote more than two dozen books and 200 plays for radio and television. Born in Watertown, South Dakota, he moved to Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan in 1913. ...

(''The Eleventh Hour''), Roy Shields (''Monsieur Mac-Greg-Or'') and Roderick Wilkinson (''The Colonel'').

Scheduling

The half-hour series aired Fridays at 9:00 p.m. (Eastern) from 25 July to 5 September 1958,

External links

* CBC Television original programming 1950s Canadian anthology television series 1958 Canadian television series debuts 1958 Canadian television series endings Black-and-white Canadian television shows {{Canada-drama-tv-prog-stub