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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Photograph of Yvette Nolan taken to accompany an article on her for Herizons magazine.

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Neil Munro as Hamlet in director John Wood's 1979 production of Hamlet, performed at the National Arts Centre from January 22nd - March 10th.

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Painting depicting the H.M.S. Assistance stuck in the ice while on expedition to find Sir John Franklin's Ships in the Arctic.

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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.

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Blueprint of the stage for the 1982 production of Périclès which took place in The Studio.

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Maquette of the Périclès stage (entrance view).

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Image includes dates of performance (November 23-December 16, 1967) and name of director, George Bloomfield.

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Three charts showing 294 productions of Shakespeare plays by decade, by play in order of value, and by play in alphabetical order, based on data compiled in 2019 for 150 years of Shakespeare productions in Ottawa, Canada’s Capital, from Confederation…
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atom, dcmes-xml, json, omeka-xml, rss2