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The Festival was founded as the Stratford Shakespearean Festival of Canada, by Tom Patterson, a Stratford-native journalist who wanted to revitalize his town's economy by creating a theatre festival dedicated to the works of William Shakespeare, as the town shares the name of Shakespeare's birthplace, Stratford-upon-Avon, England.
Since opening in 2022, Tom Patterson Theatre is a part of the yearly festival which showcases Shakespeare plays and other theatre productions. It also has a secondary performance hall. [citation needed] The Stratford Festival provides educational experiences for both students and teachers which includes workshops, meet and greets, and camps. [6]
In April 2021, the Stratford Festival announced a season of plays and cabarets, most of which took place under canopies outside the Festival and Tom Patterson Theatres with reduced cast sizes and social distancing. Only Three Tall Women was presented indoors at the Studio Theatre. [10] The 2021 season theme was metamorphosis. [11] Plays
The shows in Mystic and Hampton are free, the others cost $25, $20 for students, seniors and active military or $100 for families of four or more. flocktheatre.org . Curtain Call: ‘The Tempest’
The Stratford Festival has increased its diversity efforts on stage in recent years. In 2011, famed actress Seana McKenna crossed the gender line by starring as the king in “Richard III”.
Produced by the Stratford Festival in conjunction with CBC Television, [1] the series aims to film a Stratford production of every William Shakespeare play by 2025. [2] In addition to airing on CBC Television, the films will also be distributed theatrically both in and outside of Canada.
Stratford Shakespeare Festival: Antony and Cleopatra: Cleopatra Three Sisters: Masha Measure for Measure: Mistress Overdone The Guardsman: The Actress Stratford Shakespeare Festival/Ahmanson 1977 A Midsummer Night's Dream: Titania/Hippolyta Richard III: Queen Elizabeth: Stratford Shakespeare Festival: As You Like It: Rosalind Hay Fever: Judith ...
From the time that he was a teenager, he had thought that his home town of Stratford, Ontario should be home to performances of Shakespeare's plays. The town was suffering from industrial decline due to the declining fortunes of the rail industry. Patterson, with no experience of the theatre, proposed the idea of a theatre festival.