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 Richmond's entrance in military garb. Medieval costume design by Quebecois designer Francois Barbeau.

Family_Tree_P11.pdf
This family tree of the Plantagenets was included in the fonds of Andre Brassard at Library Archives Canada as one of many resources in outlining the vision for his 1989 production of Richard III.

An interview discussing costumes, the 2015 A Company of Fools' Day plaque, audience engagement and other specifics of the 2015 production of The Comedy of Errors.

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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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…

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Thrust stage set maquette of the National Arts Centre's 2004 production of Hamlet, designed by John Pennoyer and directed by Marti Maraden.

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