Slings & Arrows - Season 3

Slings & Arrows - Season 3

Season 3

Season three sees the festival planning to stage King Lear, as well as a contemporary new musical, in an attempt to top the critical and financial success of its last production. But creative director Geoffrey Tennant finds himself seized by fits of uncontrollable weeping—among other, more intimate maladies.
Episodes6
DatesJul 24, 2006 - Aug 28, 2006
Previous Season

Episodes

Divided Kingdom
Season 3Episode 160 min

Divided Kingdom

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. Ellen is too busy taking Geoffrey's panic personally to be of any help. Geoffrey coaxes his boyhood hero, Charles Kingman, out of retirement to play Lear.

Jul 24, 2006
Vex Not His Ghost
Season 3Episode 260 min

Vex Not His Ghost

Charles Kingman brings secret demons of his own to the production and immediately alienates the cast and crew. Meanwhile, Richard Smith-Jones, flexes his creative muscles.

Jul 31, 2006
That Way Madness Lies
Season 3Episode 360 min

That Way Madness Lies

Charles's erratic behavior becomes more and more disruptive, prompting Geoffrey to consider replacing him. As tensions grow within the cast of "Lear", personal and professional jealousies widen the rift between the Shakespearean actors and the eager young players in the musical.

Aug 7, 2006
Every Inch a King
Season 3Episode 460 min

Every Inch a King

With "East Hastings" a smashing success, Richard proposes the heretofore unthinkable‒moving the Shakespearean tragedy to the workshop stage and the musical to the main venue.

Aug 14, 2006
All Blessed Secrets
Season 3Episode 560 min

All Blessed Secrets

Anna steps in to help Geoffrey with Charles. But "King Lear" loses its Regan as Ellen Fanshaw flees the festival for the promise of a big payday on TV. All the tension leads to a bar brawl.

Aug 21, 2006
The Promised End
Season 3Episode 660 min

The Promised End

Lear gets cancelled and Geoffrey's future at the festival is in doubt. Ellen finally fires Barabara. It ends in typical Shakespearean fashion‒with a wedding and a song.

Aug 28, 2006

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