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 poem that was composed and read before the performance The Taming of the Shrewon the H.M.S. Resolute written in "Private Journal of an Expedition to the Arctic Regions to ascertain the fate of Sir John Franklin and his Crews, under the Command of…

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This video includes an audio excerpt from an interview with Joan Karasevich Schellenberg conducted at Cooper's Gastropub at the Ottawa Embassy Hotel and Suites, 25 Cartier Street, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. The video also includes animage of the…

This video includes an audio excerpt from an interview with Joan Karasevich Schellenberg conducted at Cooper's Gastropub at the Ottawa Embassy Hotel and Suites, 25 Cartier Street, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. The video also includes an image of the…

This video features an audio excerpt from an interview with Theresa and Keith Hendricks conducted at Chapters, 2210 Bank Street, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. This video also includes a photograph of Theresa and Keith with their two daughters, Marissa and…

This video features an audio excerpt from an interview with Theresa and Keith Hendricks conducted at Chapters, 2210 Bank Street, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. This video also includes a photograph of Keith and Jordyn Hendricks making drums for the…

The video includes audio taken from an NAC Podcast with Peter Hinton. Hinton remembers a discussion with William Commanda and notes the significance of this discussion for his vision behind the setting of this production. The video also includes an…

The video includes audio taken from an NAC Podcast with Peter Hinton. Hinton explains how Shakespeare belongs to everyone. The video also includes an image of the costume design for Cordelia created by Gillian Gallow for the same production.

The video includes audio taken from an NAC Podcast with Peter Hinton. Hinton describes a moment in the production when the cultural adaptation breathes new meaning into Shakespeare's original text. The video also includes a short slideshow of costume…

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Excerpt from the National Arts Centre'sVoices of Canada: National Arts Centre Annual Report 2007 - 2008 concerning Indigenous artists and their productions at the NAC that year.
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