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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A review and letter of appreciation by Professor Bennet on John Wood's production ofHamlet in 1974 at the Neptune Theatre.

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Interview with Antonine Maillet discussing her role as translator of Richard III.

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Transcript of the CHOT-TV radio interview of André Brassard regarding the actors and his personal hopes and dreams for the Périclès play held in 1982, in Ottawa, at the National Arts Centre.

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The costume hearkens back to the Second World War and evokes a visceral and immediate response in contemporary audiences.

Gessell, Paul. "Macbeth: Will contain Nazi-like elements." Ottawa Citizen, 5 January 2008, p. D6.

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Exhibit created for course assignment in the seminar ENG 4142 "How Shakespeare Became 'Shakespeare'". View full exhibit

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The First Nations Exchange group participated in the making of the props, including the drums.

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Engraving of a scene from The Taming of the Shrew. Petruchio standing to left, right hand on his hip, holding up a new cap in his left and mocking its shape, before giving it back to the waiting haberdasher despite Catherine's protestations that…

Gaffney Construction ad
This item is an advertisement placed in the Stratford Shakesperean Festival: Souvenir book for the John Gaffney Construction Company, which built the stage for the festival.

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Janice Kennedy's favourable review of the NAC's production of Othello for the Ottawa Citizen highlights the production's strong visual impact and compelling characterization.

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“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…
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