Shakespeare and First Nations
Title
Shakespeare and First Nations
Description
Shakespeare was and continues to be a fraught presence in Canada, a settler-invader country. Adaptations of Shakespeare by First Nations playwrights frequently ‘talk back’ to the Bard.
Contributor
Laura Gaylard
Athina Pantazopoulos
Candace Mantha
Athina Pantazopoulos
Candace Mantha
Collection Items
Shakespeare and First Nations: Death of a Chief
Assignment for ENG 4142, "How Shakespeare Became 'Shakespeare'", a fourth-year seminar course.
Interview with Monique Mojica 2014 The Summit
An interview with Monique Mojica produced by NAC English theatre in Collaboration with Indigenous Performing Arts Alliance, The Banff Centre and Luminato Festival with the generous support of Canada Council for the Arts and the Australia Council for…
We are Canada's Aboriginal Artists
Excerpt from the National Arts Centre'sVoices of Canada: National Arts Centre Annual Report 2007 - 2008 concerning Indigenous artists and their productions at the NAC that year.
Yvette Nolan for Herizons 2009
Photograph of Yvette Nolan taken to accompany an article on her for Herizons magazine.
Jani Lauzon as Marc Antony and Monique
Mojica as Caesar looking towards Brutus and Cassius
“Would he were fatter.” Jani Lauzon as Marc Antony and Monique Mojica as Caesar looking towards Brutus and Cassius as they conspired on stage left in the “split-screen” staging of 1.2 from Julius Caesar in the Native Earth…
Monique Mojica as Caesar in ritual procession in the seven-minute “shamanistic” dumb-show
Monique Mojica as Caesar in ritual procession in the seven-minute “shamanistic” dumb-show that opened the Native Earth Performing Arts workshop presentation of Death of a Chief at the MacDonald Stewart Art Gallery, Guelph, Ontario,…
Death of a Chief Poster
A promotional poster for the National Arts Centre's production ofDeath of a Chief signed by members of the cast and production crew.
Native Theatre School
A brief description of the mission, history and background of the Native Theatre School.
Early Spring/ Début printemps Prélude: Death of a Chief
The program destributed for the National Arts Centre's 2008 production of Death of a Chief.