SLINGS & ARROWS-COMPLETE SERIES REVIEW

Slings & Arrows is a Canadian TV series set in a Shakespearian festival loosely based on the Stratford festival that I once attended in 1974 when visiting relatives in Canada. The Series star is Paul Gross, once star of the CBS series “Due South”. The show is about a troubled Shakespeare company. Geoffrey Tennant (Paul Gross) was in a production of “Hamlet” a number of years ago and had a nervous breakdown on stage and was sent to a mental facility. Years later, he is running a small bankrupt theater company and is asked to take over for the New Burbage Festival when the artistic Director is killed by an oncoming truck. The series ran for 3 seasons and 18 episodes. Created by on of the Kids In The Hall alumni Mark McKinney. The set also includes cast interviews, bloopers, deleted and extended scenes, photo galleries and production notes.

VIDEO

The video quality is excellent! Each episode runs approx 50 mins.


Audio

Was originally recorded in Mono. It is also Mono on this set.

Disc 1- 1. “Oliver’s Dream”
2. “Geoffrey’s Return”
3. “Madness in Great Ones”

Disc 2- 4. “Outrageous Fortune”
5. “A Mirror Up to Nature”
6. “Playing the Swan”

Disc 3- 7. “Season’s End”
8. “Fallow Time”-with Geraint Wyn Davies
9. “Rarer Monsters”

Disc 4-10. “Fair is Foul and Foul is Fair”
11. “Steeped In Blood”
12. “Birnam Wood

Disc 5- 13. “Divided Kingdom”-with William Hutt
14. “Vex Not His Ghost”
15. “That Way Madness Lies”

Disc 6- 16. “Every Inch a King”
17. “All Blessed Secrets”
18. “The Promised End”

Disc 7- Bonus Disc-See Extras


Extras

Disc 1- Trailer- (04:23)
Bloopers- (06:35)
Deleted & Extended Scenes- (03:39)
Production Notes- (Text Only)
Character Filmographies-Text Only
Lyrics to Cheer Up Hamlet & Call The Understudy

Disc 2- None

Disc 3- Cast Interview with Martha Burns and Stephen Ouimette- (14:10)
Trailer- (03:58)
Deleted & Extended Scenes- (14:20)
Production Notes- (Text Only)
Cast Filmographies- (Text Only)

Disc 4- Cast Interview-Michael Polley and Graham Harley- (07:55)
Bloopers- (09:54)
Photo Gallery-23 pictures
Lyrics to Mackers and Call the Understudy

Disc 5- Interview with Paul Gross- (17:02)
Trailer- (04:35)
Deleted & Extended Scenes- (19:44)
Cast Filmographies-(Text Only)
Production Notes- (Text Only)

Disc 6- Interview with Susan Coyne- (09:26)
Bloopers- (08:51)
Extended scenes of King Lear- (11:00)
Photo Gallery-39 pictures
Song Lyrics

Disc 7- A Look Behind The Scenes Featurette- (08:58)
Interview with Martha Burns- (08:50)
Interview with Stephen Ouimette- (09:34)
Interview with Graham Harley- (04:06)
William Hutt on the Set- (02:35)
Cast & Crew on the Set- (05:32)
Director on the Set Pt 1-(06:30)
Director on the Set Pt 2-(09:32)
Director on the Set-Pt 3-(11:24)



Verdict

An interesting take on a Shakespearian festival it also marked the last performance of Strafford Actor William Hutt.


Rating; *****!