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Record information – Brief The Consul
Hierarchical level:Item (Accession level)Item number (ISN):288909Type of material:Moving imagesFound in:Archives / Film, Video and Sound -
Record information – Details Fonds/collection:CANADIAN BROADCASTING CORPORATION, TELEVISION: KINES FROM PARC, TORONTOAccession:1983-0293Media:VideoPart:1 of 1Release date:1954-01-17Production company:Canadian Broadcasting CorporationProduction credit:producer, Franz Kramer; production supervisor, Sydney Newman; musical director, Nicholas Goldschmidt; technical supervisor, Victor Ferry; set designer, Nokolai Soloviov; William McCrow; lighting, Tom NuttCast credit:Theresa Gray, Glenn Gardiner, Nellie Smith, Joanne Ivey, Andrew MacMillan, Louise Roy, Jan Rubes, Catharine Akos, Andrée Thériault, Bernard TurgeonDescription:First North American television performance of the musical drama THE CONSUL, by Italian-American composer Gian-Carlo Menotti. The action takes place in an unnamed European country which has lost its freedom and it centers around the family of John Sorel, a man fighting help the country regain its freedom. He leaves the country to get away from the secret police, leaving his wife, mother and infant son behind. Before leaving, he instructs his wife to go the consulate of one of the democracies to get the necessary visa to leave the country.Language:EnglishNotes:Detailed holdings information: -
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