SLINGS & ARROWS: THE COMPLETE COLLECTION

Details

• Release Year: 2003
• Genre: Comedy
• Plot: SHOWERED WITH AWARDS and; critical acclaim, this darkly comic; Canadian series follows the fortunes of; a dysfunctional Shakespearean theatre; troupe, exposing the high drama, scorch-; ing battles, and electrifying thrills that; happen behind the scenes.; Paul Gross (Due South) stars as Geoffrey; Tennant, the passionate but unstable artistic; director of the New Burbage Theatre Festival.; Haunted by the ghost of his predecessor; (Stephen Ouimette), he struggles to realize his; creative vision while handling touchy actors,; a jittery general manager (Mark McKinney), a; pretentious guest director (Don McKellar), and; his own tempestuous romance with the festivaI’s; leading lady (Martha Burns). The backstage; bedlam mirrors the onstage angst as Geoffrey; directs three of Shakespeare’s masterpieces-; Ham/et Macbeth, and King Lear—one in each; season. Guest stars include Rachel McAdams; (Wedding Crashers), Colm Feore (Chicago),; Sarah Polley (Go, The Sweet Hereafter), and; renowned Stratford Festival actor William Hutt; in one of his last performances.
• Cast: Don McKellar, Martha Burns, Paul Gross, Mark McKinney, Oliver Dennis, Susan Coyne, Stephen Ouimette, Graham Harley, Michael Polley, Catherine Fitch, Leon Pownall, Sean Cullen, Matt Fitzgerald, Rachel McAdams, Luke Kirby, Jennifer Irwin, Sabrina Grdevich, Marcia Bennett, Rothaford Gray, Aaron Abrams, Joanne Kelly, Janet Bailey, William Hutt, David Alpay, Colm Feore, Grace Lynn Kung, Geraint Wyn Davies, Melanie Merkosky, Sarah Polley, Jonathan Crombie, Joanne Boland, Damien Atkins, Chris Leavins, Brendan Murray, John Stead, Jefferson Brown, Bob Martin, Damir Andrei, Jeff Berg, Caroline Gillis, Billy MacLellan, Martin Roach, Clyde Whitham, Alan Rosenthal, Maya Toman, Olivia Palenstein, Jeanie Calleja
• Director: Geoffrey Sharp
• Runtime: 14:00
• Company: Acorn Media
• Media Format: Series