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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Beginning of the StoryMap online exhibit about The Comedy of Errors production as staged at the National Arts Centre, Ottawa, in 2010.

This slideshow features a sound recording of an interview with Geoff McBride (performer; Dromio of Ephesus) conducted by Alexandria Jacobs, and Stephanie Kramer, with questions written by Katelyn Boros. The photographs were taken on July 6th, 2015 by…

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Costume design ideas for the 15 characters inThe Comedy of Errors. Note that there are six different sketches collaged into one photograph. Each illustration shows all of the costumes that a cast member would wear during the production. Starting top…

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From left to right you will see Geoff McBride as Dromio of Ephesus, Gabrielle Lazarovitz as Adriana, Al Connors as Antipholous of Ephesus, Warren Bain as Antipholous of Syracuse, Katie Ryerson as Luciana, and Scott Florence as Dromio of Syracuse.

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A collage showing the costumes of the two sets of twins Dromio of Ephesus (blue "Where's Waldo," played by Scott Florence), Dromio of Syracuse (red "Where's Waldo," played by Geoff McBride), Antipholus of Syracuse (green t-shirt, played by Warren…

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Warren Bain (performer) as Antipholus of Syracuse inThe Comedy of Errors. A Company of Fools is known for their audience interaction; this photograph is a great example of the actors interacting with the audience.

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Collage combining two photographs from A Company of Fools' 2015 production ofThe Comedy of Errors. On the left is Scott Florence as the courtesan character and on the right is Katie Ryerson as Angela. Originally Angelo in the script, Catriona Leger…

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Page from Geoff McBride's (performer) personal script. It shows some of the work done on the opening scene of the play. You can see the text cuts made by Catriona Leger (director) as well as some blocking and stage directions handwritten in the…

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This stage (set up here in Strathcona Park, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada) is made out of interlocking blocks; the same blocks A Company of Fools uses in all of their summer showcases. Every day they drive to the park, set up the stage, do the show, tear…
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