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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Hamlet_2004_Prelude_NAC_002.jpg
Title page of Prélude for Hamlet (2004) with production information, cast list, acknowledgements, and an invitation to a pre-show chat.

Hamlet_2004_Prelude_NAC_001.jpg
Cover page of Hamlet (2004) in Prélude, which shows a black and white promotional picture of Tom Rooney as Hamlet, as well as the basic production information and dates. The year "2003" has the "3" crossed out and replaced with "4" in pencil. On the…

UO-SC-NAC-OthelloPoster-1997.jpg
Poster for the 1997 production of Othello at the National Arts Centre, a co-production with Edmonton's Citadel Theatre. The poster features Allen Gilmore as Othello and Megan Follows as Desdemona.

UO-SC-NAC-Shrew-Poster-1997.jpg
The poster for the NAC's 1997 production of The Taming of the Shrew features a black-and-white photograph of Michelle Fisk (Kate) and Andrew Gillies (Petruchio). It also lists the rest of the cast as well as Denise Coffey (director), John Pennoyer…

PB-NAC-KL2012-pp17.jpg
Description of the Four Nations Exchange as a special project of the 2012 King Learproduction. The text also gives a brief biography of Suzanne Keeptwoand her role in this initiative.

Ticket_Front.pdf
Tickets (front and back) of the 1989 production of Richard III. The elaborate ticket design is based on the promotional poster of the production.

Program_1982_P10.jpg
An introduction to André Brassard, welcoming him as the new Artistic Director of the French Theatre.

P-NAC-KL2012.pdf
These pages depict August Schellenberg as King Lear alongside accreditation, dates of performance (May 8-26, 2012), and description of the adapted setting.

The_Comedy_of_Errors_program_NAC_2010.pdf
The program created by the National Arts Centre for the 2010 production of William Shakespeare's The Comedy of Errors. The program includes information about the play, the cast, the director and the crew.

UO-SC-NACA-Poster-1979.png
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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