Transcripts

Shakespeare in Canada. Canadian Theatre Review 54.

Cover and Table of Contents.
Ann Wilson. "Shakespeare in Canada."
Steven Bush and Ann Wilson. From a Conversation: "Notes on Playing Shakespeare."
A discussion of the ideological investment our culture has made in Shakespeare.
Paul Leonard. "The Tempest x 2 in Toronto."
Attempts to demystify theatre are caught between the institutionalization of culture and the interests of the public, argues Paul Leonard.
Mark Fortier. This is, and is not, Shakespeare: "Peticles Self-Destructs in Toronto."
Mark Fortier on Renè-Daniel Duboi's first play in English.
Peter Eliot Weiss. "Rewriting Hamlet."
Peter Eliot Weiss on writing The Haunted House Hamlet.
Malcolm Page. "Guy Sprung's Midsummer Night's Dream."
Review of Guy Sprung's recent production at the Vancouver Playhouse.
Rod Macpherson. "Shakespeare on the Saskatchewan."
Profile of a theatre company determined to continue producing Shakespeare in Saskatoon.
Peter Ayres. "Shakespeare in St John's."
An analysis of two professional productions and an amateur one in Newfoundland.
Richard Paul Knowles. Shakespeare at Stratford: "The Legacy of the Festival Stage."
The impact of the Stratford Festival stage on productions of Shakespeare.
Cecil O'Neal. "Directing Shakespeare."
Cecil O'Neal in conversation with John Hirsch.

Carte Blanche

Ralph Berry. Stratford, Ontario and Stratford-upon-Avon: "Holy and Deadly Theatre."
Review of the seasons of the two Shakespearean festivals.
Anne Nothof. Edmonton: "A View from the Fringe."
A review of the nine-day Edmonton theatrical extravaganza.
Nigel Hunt. Montreal: "Beyond Esperanto - New Developments in Play Translation."
English and French Canada should share their theatrical endeavors, argues Nigel Hunt.

Readings in Review

Tom Patterson and Allan Gould. First Stage: "The Making of the Stratford Festival."
Reviewed by Neil Carson.
Grace Butt. "To Toslow We'll Go and Other Plays", and "an ear and a fear."
Reviewed by Denyse Lynde.
Robert Gaines. John Neville Takes Command: "The Story of the Stratford Shakespearean Festival in Production."
Reviewed by Anne Russell.

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