Shakespeare in Canada: A Cultural Map

Shakespeare in Canada: Exploring Our Cultural History through Digital Humanities

A project to create an online interactive cultural map of the presence of the Bard and the way in which his works have shaped Canadian culture.

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Obituary for Thomas Mobley, a crew member of the HMS Resolute written by W. T. Mumford from the "Private Journal of an Expedition to the Arctic Regions to ascertain the fate of Sir John Franklin and his Crews, under the Command of Capt. Sir Edward…

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W.A.B. [William Alexander Baillie] Hamilton, Secretary of the British Admiralty, authorized the publication of this broadside in March of 1850. It was part of the effort to find the crew and vessels connected to Sir John Franklin's 1845 expedition to…

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A poster for the first performances by the Theatre Royal on board the HMS Resolute. Includes the dramatis personae.

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A poster advertising the performance of Hamlet and The Scapegrace with dramatis personae.

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A digital archive of the only recorded evidence of Shakespeare performed by amateurs in the Canadian North. Crews sailing under the command of Sir. Edward Belcher in the 1852 expedition to find the lost Franklin ships performed Shakespeare's Hamlet…

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Map of the Arctic shores of America and part of Asia from the "Private Journal of an Expedition to the Arctic Regions to ascertain the fate of Sir John Franklin and his Crews, under the Command of Capt. Sir Edward Belcher consisting of Her Majesty's…

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Map of the Arctic shores of America and part of Asia from the "Private Journal of an Expedition to the Arctic Regions to ascertain the fate of Sir John Franklin and his Crews, under the Command of Capt. Sir Edward Belcher consisting of Her Majesty's…

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Map of the Arctic shores of America and part of Asia from the "Private Journal of an Expedition to the Arctic Regions to ascertain the fate of Sir John Franklin and his Crews, under the Command of Capt. Sir Edward Belcher consisting of Her Majesty's…

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Map of the Arctic shores of America and part of Asia from the "Private Journal of an Expedition to the Arctic Regions to ascertain the fate of Sir John Franklin and his Crews, under the Command of Capt. Sir Edward Belcher consisting of Her Majesty's…
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