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.

Set maquette for Hamlet performed at the NAC in 1979

Title

Set maquette for Hamlet performed at the NAC in 1979

Creator

Ferguson, John (set designer)
Tribick, Gayle (design assistant)

Subject

Maquette; set design; set; John Ferguson; John Wood; National Arts Centre; Hamlet; Shakespeare, William

Description

This to scale maquette of the Hamlet set was created by 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 used for Equus, a production alternatively shown with Hamlet.

Date

1979

Format

maquette, wood, white paper

Identifier

UO-SC-NAC-Maquette-1979

Source

National Arts Centre, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Cavin Bonifacio, Claire McCracken, and Megan McKague, University of Ottawa (cataloguers)

Coverage

Rights

National Arts Centre

Files

UO-SC-NAC-Maquette-1979.jpg

Collection

Citation

Ferguson, John (set designer) and Tribick, Gayle (design assistant), “Set maquette for Hamlet performed at the NAC in 1979,” Shakespeare in Canada: A Cultural Map, accessed October 5, 2024, http://omeka.uottawa.ca/shakespearecanada/items/show/187.