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

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

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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…

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.

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This puppet was originally designed by Vanessa Imeson as Frederic for A Company of Fool's 2014 production ofAs You Like It. It was modified in 2015 by Imeson to become Duke Solinus inThe Comedy of Errors.The puppet was controlled by Scott Florence on…

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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.

Comedy_oferrors_FINAL_HR.pdf
This poster was created for a production of The Comedy of Errors presented at the National Arts Centre in 2010, from April 7 - April 24. It was a co-production with Centaur Theatre Company in Montréal.
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