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 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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An official designation granted to A Company of Fools on the 25th Anniversary of the company, declaring the day A Company of Fools Day. Please note this image has been cropped from the original for aesthetic reasons due distortions from the slanting…

Comedy of Errors Design Board Collection.pdf
These boards were created for the production ofTheComedy of Errors,atthe National Arts Centre (in co-production with Centaur Theatre Company). Some of the major design inspirations on the boards come from the Via Rail Station, the statue of the…

Comedy_oferrors_FINAL_HR.pdf
This poster was created for a production of The Comedy of Errors presented at the National Arts Centre in 2010, from April 7 - April 24. It was a co-production with Centaur Theatre Company in Montréal.

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A poster of Neil Munro as Hamlet in the National Arts Centre's 1979 production of Hamlet, in repertory with Equus by Peter Shaffer.

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This puppet was originally designed by Vanessa Imeson as Frederic for A Company of Fool's 2014 production ofAs You Like It. It was modified in 2015 by Imeson to become Duke Solinus inThe Comedy of Errors.The puppet was controlled by Scott Florence on…

The_Comedy_of_Errors_program_NAC_2010.pdf
The program created by the National Arts Centre for the 2010 production of William Shakespeare's The Comedy of Errors. The program includes information about the play, the cast, the director and the crew.

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This to scale maquette of the Hamlet set was createdby John Ferguson in 1979. It allowed for director John Wood to see how Ferguson had interpreted the concept of the play. The production omitted the revolving square centre stage as that was only…

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The Player Queen dress that was worn by actor Don Goodspeed in the NAC's 1979 production of Hamlet.

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Neil Munro, as Hamlet, pointing a gun at James Hurdle, as Claudius, in the NAC's 1979 production ofHamlet.
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