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.

Sketch of the Swan Theatre

Title

Sketch of the Swan Theatre

Creator

de Witt, Johannes

Subject

De Witt, Johannes; Swan Theatre; set design; thrust stage; apron stage; Elizabethan Theatre; Shakespeare

Description

Sketch of the Swan Theatre's original stage by Johannes de Witt, serving as an example of the apron stage common in Elizabethan theatre.

Date

1596

Format

Sketch

Identifier

UO-SC-DeWitt-1596-Swan-Sketch

Source

"The Project Gutenberg eBook, Shakespearean Playhouses, by Joseph Quincy Adams" https://www.gutenberg.org/files/22397/22397-h/22397-h.htm
Ben Thomas, University of Ottawa (cataloguer)

Files

UO-SC-DeWitt-1596-Swan-Sketch_01.jpg

Citation

de Witt, Johannes, “Sketch of the Swan Theatre,” Shakespeare in Canada: A Cultural Map, accessed September 19, 2024, http://omeka.uottawa.ca/shakespearecanada/items/show/513.