Canadian comedy duo Johnny Wayne and Frank Shuster produced a series of television adaptations of Shakespeare. Various forms of the Wayne & Shuster show were staples on the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation’s (CBC’s) Saturday evening television programming from the 1950s through to the late 1980s, and they have been occasionally rebroadcast as specials since the 1990s on both CBC and The Comedy Network. Read More
This 2002 film adaptation of Shakespeare’s Macbeth is directed by German poet and director Michael Roes. He later published a novel Nah Inverness (2004), which features two diary accounts. Read More
Dave, an urban aboriginal in his early twenties, is a Montreal actor. His adoption at the age of 3 has erased all memory of his Native culture. Like Hamlet, the Shakespearean hero who he is working on in theatre class, Dave starts to experience an identity crisis. Read More
The Tempest | From Thomas ADÈS | Libretto from Meredith OAKES | Opera based on Shakespeare’s play The Tempest | Created in London in 2004 | The new Robert LEPAGE production premiered in Québec. Read More
Ex Machina, in collaboration with the Huron-Wendat Nation, presented The Tempest, by William Shakespeare in Wendake during summer of 2011. This new staging by Robert Lepage was presented at the Wendake amphitheater from July 1st to 30th. The amphitheater is part of an exceptional natural setting near the St. Charles River. Read More
Elsinore is based on Hamlet. Created and directed by Robert Lepage. Performed by Peter Darling. Sets by Carl Fillion.
Detailed performance record for this production can be found at the Canadian Adaptations of Shakespeare website.
The script for Elsinore is available from this webpage.
