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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Hamlet Maquette.jpg
Maquette created by John Pennyor for the NAC's 2004 production of Hamlet.

Hamlet 1976_Program-page-002.jpg
Program for the Stratford Festival Company's touring production of Hamlet performed at the NAC's from March 29 - April 17,1976. The production was arranged by the Touring Office of the Canada Council. It was directed by Robin Phillips and William…

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Stage set designed by Sam Kirkpatrick for the 1969 production of Hamlet, directed by John Hirsch and starring Kenneth Welsh at the National Arts Centre, Ottawa.

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Program for the 1997 production of Elsinore, written and directed by Robert Lepage, starring Peter Darling. The production ran from September 9-13, 1997.

Death of a Chief_Poster.pdf
A promotional poster for the National Arts Centre's production ofDeath of a Chief signed by members of the cast and production crew.

UO-SC-Citizen-1997-Shrew-Review.jpg
The article is a brief review of the 1997 production of The Taming of the Shrew at the NAC and features a black-and-white photograph of the actors on stage.

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Page from Geoff McBride's (performer) personal script. It shows some of the work done on the opening scene of the play. You can see the text cuts made by Catriona Leger (director) as well as some blocking and stage directions handwritten in the…

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Newspaper article from the Ottawa Journal written by Jacob Siskind, a drama critic, in 1979 entitled "'Tis nobler in the mind to skip this Hamlet." The critique is negative toward the NAC's performance of Hamletas a whole.

The soundtrack used to introduce the witches in Peter Hinton's 2008 production of Macbeth at the National Arts Centre. This audio track includes a sample of the music from Robert Burns's "My Heart's in the Highlands" with an overlay of sound effects…

An audio track used in Peter Hinton's 2008 production of Macbeth at the National Arts Centre. The track was used to emphasize the theme of unrest in the early scenes of the production.
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