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July 13, 1953
- July 13, 1953, the opening night of the Stratford Festival.
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The Stratford Festival is a theatre festival which runs from April to October in the city of Stratford, Ontario, Canada. [1] Founded by local journalist Tom Patterson in 1952, the festival was formerly known as the Stratford Shakespearean Festival, the Shakespeare Festival and the Stratford Shakespeare Festival.
The Festival was legally incorporated on October 31, 1952. Guthrie rapidly began recruiting actors from across Canada and abroad, including stars Alec Guinness and Irene Worth. A concrete amphitheatre was built to hold a revolutionary thrust stage conceived by Guthrie and designer Tanya Moiseiwitsch – the same stage that is the heart of the ...
- Founding and Early Years
- The Stratford Festival Matures
- Artistic Directors of The Stratford Festival
In 1951, Stratford businessman Tom Patterson formed a local committee to explore the prospects for an annual drama festival in his hometown on the banks of the Avon River, some 177 km west of Toronto. His real motive was to find a way to save Stratford’s dying economy. Patterson had thought of an open-air festival prior to the Second World War, but...
Tyrone Guthrie was succeeded by Michael Langham (1956–67 seasons), followed by JeanGascon(1968–74), Robin Phillips (1975–80), JohnHirsch (1981–85), John Neville (1985–89), David William (1990–93) and (1994–2007). Richard Monette held the record for the longest tenure as artistic director, and the only one to have staged the entire Shakespeare canon...
1953–55 Tyrone Guthrie 1956–67 Michael Langham 1968–74 Jean Gascon 1975–80 Robin Phillips 1981–85 John Hirsch 1986–89 John Neville 1990–93 David William 1994–2007 Richard Monette 2007–08 Des McAnuff, Marti Maraden, Don Shipley 2008–12 Des McAnuff 2012– Antoni Cimolino
Jul 13, 2023 · July 13, 1953, the opening night of the Stratford Festival. It marked the culmination of a project that had gone from a pitch to city council to reality in just over a year — and then changed the face of Canadian theatre. By the early 1950s, Stratford was in a state of transition.
Jul 13, 2018 · The realization of Tom Patterson's dream of a Shakespearean festival in Stratford began on opening night July 13, 1953. Many Canadian stars have found their way to the stage in Stratford,...
Aug 1, 2023 · The Stratford Festival of Canada turned 70 this year. This small city of 33,232 residents ( according to the 2021 census) has attracted visitors from Canada, the U.S., Britain and other parts of the world to watch William Shakespeare’s plays and modern productions.
Jan 22, 2024 · In a series recorded at the Stratford Festival, IDEAS explores the conflicting ideas that have shaped our world, narrowing in five hinge years in the 20th century.
