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.

Browse Items (18 total)

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

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This to scale maquette of the Hamlet set was createdby John Ferguson in 1979. It allowed for director John Wood to see how Ferguson had interpreted the concept of the play. The production omitted the revolving square centre stage as that was only…

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The Player Queen dress that was worn by actor Don Goodspeed in the NAC's 1979 production of Hamlet.

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

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A photo of James Hurdle in his costume as Claudius, Hamlet's step-father, for the NAC's 1979 production ofHamlet.

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Newspaper article from the Ottawa Citizen from 1979.The article by Shirley Foley, a staff writer for the Ottawa Citizen, focuses on the interview with John Ferguson, the costume designer, and his personal choices in designing the costume for Denise…

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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.

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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.

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A brief newspaper interview with Neil Munro fromThe Chronicle Herald on the subject of the upcoming version ofHamlet where he stars as the titular character.

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