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.

Player Queen costume used in Hamlet

Title

Player Queen costume used in Hamlet

Creator

Ferguson, John (costume designer); Tribick, Gayle (design assistant)
Elsbury, Anne (wardrobe supervisor); Concannon-Dague, Jill (assistant)
Hiebert, Norma; Howatt, Barbara (cutters)
Grandmaitre, Linda; Hoffer, Erika (tailors)
Anderson, Jocelyn; Beaudoin, Lucie; Black, Patricia; Brouillard, Claire; Chapman, Peggy; Dijs, Aja; Di Felice, Rosa; Dorais, Lisa; Eppstadt, Karen; Harris, Kathy; Lamontagne, Marthe; Orenstein, Edie; Pyne, Jill; Rusmisel, Lydia; Rutherford, Margaret (wardrobe team)

Subject

Hamlet; Player Queen; dress; costume; Elizabethan; John Ferguson; Gayle Tribick; National Arts Centre; William Shakespeare

Description

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

Date

1979

Format

costume, dress, fabric

Identifier

UO-SC-NAC-PlayerQueen-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-PlayerQueen-1979.jpg

Collection

Hamlet

Citation

Ferguson, John (costume designer); Tribick, Gayle (design assistant) et al., “Player Queen costume used in Hamlet,” Shakespeare in Canada: A Cultural Map, accessed October 5, 2024, http://omeka.uottawa.ca/shakespearecanada/items/show/188.