Posters, Playbills, and Placemats

Here are a few posters, playbills, and a placemat, from our archives. Canada has produced a rich storehouse of images associated with adaptations of the Bard. Witty, erotic, transgressive, and quotidian, the following small sampling of images used to advertise adaptations suggests an entirely other mode of adaptation via visual culture and the "play" therein. CASP notes the extent to which body images play a significant role in many of these images.

Adaptive Intricacies–– Hamlet-Machine by Heiner Müller;Canadian/Québécois Production of an East German adaptation of Shakespeare by French-born, Québec-based director Brigitte Haentjens

 

The Faerie Queen (2000), John Murrell

 

A Midsummer's Night Dream: An all-woman production directed by Kate Lynch

 

It Was All A Dream - A Hip Hopera, Ben Taylor and Michelle Smith

 

Romeo and Juliet Remixed (2002), Laura Mullen and Chris Tolley

 

The Compleat Works of Love (1994), David Bloom and Linda Quibell

 

Rodeo and Julie-Ed (1999), Peter Skagen

Link to Interview with Peter Skagen

Placemat from Peter Skagen's Rodeo and Julie-Ed

 

Caesar (1986), Vinetta Strombergs

Link to Interview with Vinetta Strombergs

 

Harlem Duet (1997), Djanet Sears

 

richardthesecond (2001), Matthew MacFadzean

 

Danespotting (1997), Matthew MacFadzean and Amy Price-Francis

 

Danespotting (1997), Matthew MacFadzean and Amy Price-Francis

 

Shakespeare's World Cup (2002), Chris Coculuzzi and Matt Toner

 

La Nuit des Rois poster

 

Merchant of Venice in Auschwitz poster

 

Shakespeare Unplugged poster, 2002

 

Link to Online Anthology