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Exhibit created for course assignment in the seminar ENG 4142 "How Shakespeare Became 'Shakespeare'". View full exhibit

Photograph of Tom Patterson from the Stratford Shakesperean Festival: Souvenir book July-August 1953, following the first annual festival.

Photograph of the stage used for the Stratford Shakespearean Festival in 1953 taken from a postcard created by Canadian Postcard Company Limited.
Description on the back of the postcard: “Created in 1953 by Tanya Moiseiwitsch, who recently…

Photograph of His Excellency the Right Honourable Vincent Massey, C.H., Governor-General of Canada, surveying a model of thrust stage designed by Tanya Moiseiwitsch for the 1953 Stratford Shakespearean Festival. This photograph was found in The…

This item is an advertisement placed in the Stratford Shakesperean Festival: Souvenir book for the John Gaffney Construction Company, which built the stage for the festival.

An insurance ad for Sun Life of Canada referencing the play Hamlet by Shakespeare from the Stratford Shakespearean Festival: Souvenir book from the 1953 festival opening.

Tanya Moiseiwitsch's sketch for Alec Guinness's Richard III costume.

Photograph of the playgoers entering the tent theatre to view the Stratford Shakespearean Festival’s first production of Richard III.

Photograph taken of Alec Guinness dressed in costume as Richard backstage for the 1953 production of Richard III at the Stratford Shakespearean Festival in Stratford, Ontario.

Photograph taken of the 1953 production of Richard III at the Stratford Shakespearean Festival in Stratford, Ontario, Canada. This photograph captures Alec Guinness and Robert Goodier in a scene from the production of Richard III.