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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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