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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English audio recording of an except of Aurèle Ouimet's French review of André Brassard's Périclès play opening in 1982, in Ottawa, at the National Arts Centre.

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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.

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A circus tent from Chicago, erected on a hillside, was the venue for the first Stratford Shakespeare Festival.

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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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Neil Munro as Hamlet in director John Wood's 1979 production of Hamlet, performed at the National Arts Centre from January 22nd - March 10th.

Audio recording of the English translation of an excerpt the french Canadian Press Clipping about the decorations, actor roles, costumes, etc. used during the Périclès play held at the National Arts Centre.

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An interview with Monique Mojica produced by NAC English theatre in Collaboration with Indigenous Performing Arts Alliance, The Banff Centre and Luminato Festival with the generous support of Canada Council for the Arts and the Australia Council for…

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W.A.B. [William Alexander Baillie] Hamilton, Secretary of the British Admiralty, authorized the publication of this broadside in March of 1850. It was part of the effort to find the crew and vessels connected to Sir John Franklin's 1845 expedition to…

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Assignment for ENG 4142, "How Shakespeare Became 'Shakespeare'", a fourth-year seminar course.

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Assignment for ENG 4142, "How Shakespeare Became 'Shakespeare'", a fourth-year seminar course
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