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The Tom Patterson Theatre is a theatre located along the Avon River in Stratford, Ontario, Canada. A project delayed since 2018 by COVID, in 2022 it joined the lineup of Stratford Festival theatres. Cafe Terrance, and Ophelia Lazaridis Garden Curtain Glass Windows facing Avon River
Stratford is a city on the Avon River within Perth County in southwestern Ontario, Canada, with a 2021 [3] population of 33,232 in a land area of 30.02 square kilometres (11.59 sq mi). [4] Stratford is the seat of Perth County, which was settled by English, Irish, Scottish and German immigrants, in almost equal numbers, starting in the 1820s ...
Stratford-upon-Avon and West End (2013-14) [ edit ] In January 2013, the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) announced that it would stage adaptations by Mike Poulton of Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies in its Winter season in the Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon beginning previews from 11 December 2013, with press performances on 8 January 2014 ...
The Stratford Festival (formerly known as the Stratford Shakespearean Festival, the Stratford Festival of Canada, and the Stratford Shakespeare Festival) is a summer-long celebration of theatre held each year in Stratford, Ontario. [1] Theatre-goers, actors, and playwrights flock to Stratford to take part—many of the greatest Canadian ...
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.
Harry Thomas Patterson OC OOnt (11 June 1920 – 23 February 2005) was a Stratford, Ontario born journalist who went on to found the Stratford Festival of Canada, then called the Stratford Shakespearean Festival, the largest theatre festival in Canada.
It is directed by Morten Parker for the National Film Board of Canada. [ 1 ] It tells the story of how the small Canadian city of Stratford , on the banks of the Avon River , realized the vision of local journalist Tom Patterson : the creation of a theatre for the staging of the finest Shakespearean drama.
Staged by the Royal Shakespeare Company, the play opened at The Other Place in Stratford-upon-Avon on 24 September 1985. Directed by Howard Davies, the cast included Lindsay Duncan as the Marquise de Merteuil, Alan Rickman as the Vicomte de Valmont, Juliet Stevenson as Madame de Tourvel, Lesley Manville as Cécile de Volanges, and Sean Baker as the Chevalier Danceny.