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Brief article written on the interest of high school students in the modernized take on Hamlet as produced by Director John Wood. The article touches on some decisions regarding the set and its reflection of the time period in which the performance…

A photograph of Denise Ferguson and James Hurdle taken from an Ottawa Citizen article on costume choices for the NAC's 1979 production of Hamlet.The pair are formally dressed for the event they are attending at the time the photo was taken.

Neil Munro, as Hamlet, pointing a gun at James Hurdle, as Claudius, in the NAC's 1979 production ofHamlet.

A photograph of King Edward VIII, taken from The Windsor Years. This was a book that designer John Ferguson drew inspiration from for the costuming inHamlet.

A brief critique written by Kathy Tyler on the Neptune Theatre performance of Hamlet from 1975. Overall a generally positive critique with highlights on the timing of events. Though it is explicitly written that Tyler has a higher regard for the…

Newspaper article from the Ottawa Journal written by Jacob Siskind, a drama critic, in 1979 entitled "'Tis nobler in the mind to skip this Hamlet." The critique is negative toward the NAC's performance of Hamletas a whole.

Newspaper article written by Marcia Ross, published in The Fourth Estate on January 30, 1975. The article explains Director John Wood's vision and influences when he decided to produce the play Hamlet in the context of the 30s.

A poster of Neil Munro as Hamlet in the National Arts Centre's 1979 production of Hamlet, in repertory with Equus by Peter Shaffer.

Janet Moffat's review of the NAC's lengthy, modernized version of Shakespeare'sHamlet from the Sunday Post of Canada.

Urjo Kareda interviews both Alan Scarfe and Neil Munro as the two young actors both prepare to play Hamlet in their respective upcoming plays.