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Slings and Arrows

In the fictional town of New Burbage, legendary theatrical madman Geoffrey Tennant returns to the New Burbage Theatre Festival, the site of his greatest triumph and most humiliating failure, to assume the artistic directorship after the sudden death of his mentor, Oliver Welles. When Geoffrey arrives he finds that Oliver is still there, in spirit anyway, and with his guidance (and often in spite of it) Geoffrey attempts to reconcile with his past while wrestling the festival back from the marketing department. Despite a bitter leading lady, a clueless leading man, and a scheming general manager, he manages to stage a remarkable production of Hamlet -- the play that drove him mad.

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Paul Gross
Geoffrey Tennant
Martha Burns
Ellen Fanshaw
Stephen Ouimette
Oliver Welles

Season 3 Episode Guide See All

Episode 1

Divided Kingdom

47 mins

Trying to top the critical and financial success of its last production, the festival plans to stage King Lear, as well as a contemporary new musical. But creative director Geoffrey Tennant finds himself seized by fits of uncontrollable weeping--among other, more intimate maladies.

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Awards

  • 2004 - DGC Craft Award - Outstanding Achievement in Direction - Television Series - nominated
  • 2004 - DGC Craft Award - Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing - Television Series - winner
  • 2006 - DGC Craft Award - Outstanding Direction - Television Series - nominated
  • 2006 - DGC Craft Award - Outstanding Production Design - Television Series - nominated

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