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

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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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A brief newspaper interview with Neil Munro fromThe Chronicle Herald on the subject of the upcoming version ofHamlet where he stars as the titular character.

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Sketch of the Swan Theatre's original stage by Johannes de Witt, serving as an example of the apron stage common in Elizabethan theatre.

English translated audio recording of the french La Presse newspaper clipping regarding the public's positive reception of André Brassard's play Périclès staged at the National Arts Centre.

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La Presse newspaper clipping regarding the public's positive reception of André Brassard's play Périclès staged at the National Arts Centre.

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Beginning of the StoryMap online exhibit about The Comedy of Errors production as staged at the National Arts Centre, Ottawa, in 2010.
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