Plot
This darkly comic Canadian series follows the fortunes of a dysfunctional Shakespearean theatre troupe at the fictional New Burbage Festival, exposing the high drama, scorching battles, and artistic miracles that happen behind the scenes.
Cast
as Geoffrey Tennant
as Oliver Welles
as Ellen Fanshaw
as Anna Conroy
as Charles
as Basil
as Andrew McTeague
as Sophie
as Cyril
as Darren Nichols
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Network
Status
Ended
First Aired Date
November 3, 2003
Last Aired Date
August 28, 2006
Production Companies
Rhombus Media
Type
Scripted
Number of Season
3
Number of Episodes
18
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Season 3
2006|6 Episodes
Season three sees the festival planning to stage King Lear, as well as a contemporary new musical, in an attempt to top the critical and financial success of its last production. But creative director Geoffrey Tennant finds himself seized by fits of uncontrollable weeping—among other, more intimate maladies.
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