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.

Poster for The Queen's Arctic Theatre's performance of Hamlet and The Scapegrace aboard the H.M.S. Assistance

Title

Poster for The Queen's Arctic Theatre's performance of Hamlet and The Scapegrace aboard the H.M.S. Assistance

Subject

poster; performance; Hamlet; The Scapegrace; HMS Assistance

Description

A poster advertising the performance of Hamlet and The Scapegrace with dramatis personae.

Date

1852

Format

playbill, broadside, letterpress

Identifier

queensarctictheatre

Source

Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; MIKAN no. 2958862
Krystyna Dodds, Maggie Kendall, and Andrea Zehr, University of Ottawa (cataloguers)

Language

English

Coverage

Rights

Library and Archives Canada

Files

queensarctictheatre.jpg

Citation

“Poster for The Queen's Arctic Theatre's performance of Hamlet and The Scapegrace aboard the H.M.S. Assistance,” Shakespeare in Canada: A Cultural Map, accessed June 23, 2024, http://omeka.uottawa.ca/shakespearecanada/items/show/34.