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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Comedy of Errors Design Board Collection.pdf
These boards were created for the production ofTheComedy of Errors,atthe National Arts Centre (in co-production with Centaur Theatre Company). Some of the major design inspirations on the boards come from the Via Rail Station, the statue of the…

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An official designation granted to A Company of Fools on the 25th Anniversary of the company, declaring the day A Company of Fools Day. Please note this image has been cropped from the original for aesthetic reasons due distortions from the slanting…

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A digital archive of the only recorded evidence of Shakespeare performed by amateurs in the Canadian North. Crews sailing under the command of Sir. Edward Belcher in the 1852 expedition to find the lost Franklin ships performed Shakespeare's Hamlet…

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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…

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Colour lithograph of politicians playing the roles in the play within Hamlet; a presentation cartoon from the "St. Stephens' Review."

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Captain Franklin, Commander of the land Arctic expedition

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Poster depicting various characters from William Shakespeare's plays and Globe Theatre.

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Assignment for ENG 4142, "How Shakespeare Became 'Shakespeare'", a fourth-year seminar course

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Assignment for ENG 4142, "How Shakespeare Became 'Shakespeare'", a fourth-year seminar course
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