Slings & Arrows

S01E02: Geoffrey Returns

Richard find himself overwhelmed trying to keep the festival running smoothly in the wake of Oliver's death. Kate ditches rehearsals to audition for a Corny Smacks commercial, and unwittingly runs into Hollywood action star Jack Crew. Jack has been hired to play Hamlet in the festival, but his arrival has been forgotten during the preparations for Oliver's funeral. Emma begins a relationship with Sloan, a young flower deliveryman who rescues her neglected chameleon. Geoffrey visits the funeral home, and questions his sanity when Oliver begins to speak to him from "the other side". Richard turns Oliver's funeral into a stage production in an attempt to be promoted to artistic director. Despite his delivering of a scathing speech at Oliver's funeral, the board of directors offers the job of artistic director to Geoffrey, on a temporary basis. Anna asks Geoffrey to help carry out Oliver's final request, a request that may have legal implications.

Overview

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.

Episodes

S01E01 Oliver's Dream

November 3, 2003 46 min
Seven years after suffering a mental breakdown during a performance of "Hamlet" at the New Burbage Festival, Geoffrey Tennant is struggling to make ends meet, managing the dilapidated Theatre Sans Argent (Theatre Without Money). Oliver...

S01E02 Geoffrey Returns

November 10, 2003 46 min
Richard find himself overwhelmed trying to keep the festival running smoothly in the wake of Oliver's death. Kate ditches rehearsals to audition for a Corny Smacks commercial, and unwittingly runs into Hollywood action star Jack...

S01E03 Madness in Great Ones

November 17, 2003 46 min
Geoffrey hands the actual production of Hamlet over to Stage Director Darren Nichols, so that he can devote himself to supervising the Festival's new money-making scheme, the "Shakespeare in Business Seminar". Holly Day spirits Richard...

S01E04 Outrageous Fortune

November 24, 2003 46 min
In jail after his escapade at Ellen's party, Geoffrey is visited by the ghost of his dead mentor Oliver, who cousels him on the danger of trying to ignore his past feelings for Ellen, the...

S01E05 A Mirror Up to Nature

December 1, 2003 46 min
With Geoffrey now directing the production of Hamlet, Richard and Holly fear that his success may doom their plan to redirect corporate resources to the Shakespeare Village. But their attempt to derail the production is...

S01E06 Playing the Swan

December 8, 2003 46 min
It's opening day and the play's leading man, in a low ebb of self-esteem, has gone missing. Richard is revealed as a traitor to the company of actors. Ellen reveals to Geoffrey what really happened...

Cast

Paul Gross
Paul Gross
Geoffrey Tennant
Stephen Ouimette
Stephen Ouimette
Oliver Welles
Martha Burns
Martha Burns
Ellen Fanshaw
Susan Coyne
Susan Coyne
Anna Conroy
William Hutt
William Hutt
Charles
Seán Cullen
Seán Cullen
Basil
Chris Leavins
Chris Leavins
Andrew McTeague
Sarah Polley
Sarah Polley
Sophie
Graham Harley
Cyril
Don McKellar
Don McKellar
Darren Nichols
Mark McKinney
Mark McKinney
Richard Smith-Jones
Leon Pownall
Brian

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