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 taken of Al Connors delivering the opening remarks for the 2015 productionThe Comedy of Errors.This photograph was taken at Strathcona Park, and if you look closely, you can see that Al Connors is wearng the pants and shoes that are a…

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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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Photograph taken of the 1953 production of Richard III at the Stratford Shakespearean Festival in Stratford, Ontario, Canada. This photograph captures Alec Guinness and Robert Goodier in a scene from the production of Richard III.

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Colour lithograph of politicians playing the roles in the play within Hamlet; a presentation cartoon from the "St. Stephens' Review."

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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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Le Devoir article by Robert Lévesque regarding André Brassard as the new director of the National Arts Centre. Topics include Brassard's desires for the season and his regrets for Quebec.

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An introduction to André Brassard, welcoming him as the new Artistic Director of the French Theatre.

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Photograph taken at a performance in Strathcona Park. Luciana played by Katie Ryerson and Antipholus of Ephesus played by Al Conners.

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Peter Hinton describes the impetus for staging an all-AboriginalKingLear set in seventeenth-century Algonquin territory and explains the objectives of the production.
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