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.

Shakespeare and amateur performance in the Canadian North

Title

Shakespeare and amateur performance in the Canadian North

Creator

Dodds, Krystyna; Kendall, Maggie; Zehr, Andrea

Subject

Amateur performance; Shakespeare; The Canadian North

Description

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 and Taming of the Shrew, among other dramatic works.

Publisher

Krystyna Dodds, Maggie Kendall, Andrea Zehr

Date

2016, November 29th

Format

Storymap

Identifier

north

Source

Storymap Presentation - Krystyna Dodds, Maggie Kendall, Andrea Zehr

Language

English

Coverage

Storymap: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Files

north.png

Citation

Dodds, Krystyna; Kendall, Maggie; Zehr, Andrea, “Shakespeare and amateur performance in the Canadian North,” Shakespeare in Canada: A Cultural Map, accessed July 4, 2024, http://omeka.uottawa.ca/shakespearecanada/items/show/174.