Rock Concert

Synopsis
Canadian comedy sketch show. The premise is that SCTV (Second City Television) is the television station for the city of Melonville. Rather than broadcast the usual TV re-run fare, the business, run by the avaricious Guy Caballero (Flaherty) puts on a bizarre and incompetent range of cheap local programming. This episode, in a spoof of ‘Masterpiece Theatre’ includes a sketch ‘Promo:Masterpiece Theatre: Burlington Central Library’. Flaherty, as Alistair Cooke, promotes the Burlington Central Library production of Hamlet and shows a clip.
Series
Sctv
Language
English
Country
Canada
Medium
Television
Technical information
Colour / Sound
Transmission details
6 Jan 1979 at 22:00 (Channel: Global)
Duration
30 mins
Availability
No archive copy or distributor found (4/2007).

Credits

Director
George Bloomfield
Cast
John CandyHamlet
Joe FlahertyThe King (Claudius)
Catherine O’HaraGertrude
Andrea MartinLibrarian
Dave ThomasAudience
Eugene LevyLaertes
Joe FlahertyAlastair Cooke

Additional Details

Production type
Sitcoms/Variety
Plays
Hamlet
Subjects
Shakespeare
Keywords
Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)

Notes

History
Season 2, episode 17.

Production Company

Name

Old Firehall Productions

How to cite this record

Shakespeare, "Rock Concert". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/shakespeare/search/index.php/title/av68070 (Accessed 26 Nov 2024)