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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Poster for the 2004 production of Hamlet at the National Arts Centre, directed by Marti Maraden. The poster features Tom Rooney in the title role.

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This is a portrait of Alec Guinness portraying the character of King Richard from the Stratford Shakespearean Festival's production of King Richard III in 1953.

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Interview with Antonine Maillet, discussing her role as translator of Richard III.

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

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

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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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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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