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Shakespeare with a Newfoundland twist at Stratford Festival

Shakespeare with a Newfoundland twist at Stratford Festival

By Katherine Hobbs for CBC News, 20 March 2016 Shakespeare’s comedy, As You Like It, will be getting a Newfoundland makeover this summer at the Stratford Festival in Ontario. The play’s director, Jillian Keiley, is from St. John’s and has set the production in Newfoundland, featuring traditional music played by a live band. For an added authentic feel, a number of people from the province —  including actor Petrina Bromley and musician Bob Hallett —  have been hired to take […]

March 20, 2016 · 0 comments · Theaters

Putting All of Shakespeare on the Screen

Associated Press published at SFGate, 17 February 2015 NEW YORK — Playing the mad title role in Shakespeare’s “King Lear” was never supposed to be easy. That’s just what Colm Feore wanted. The classical actor chose to make his Lear “absolutely hateful” and “corrosive” for the Stratford Festival in Canada this past summer. He turned 56 in the role, and his Lear, recorded on […]

February 22, 2015 · 0 comments · Uncategorized
Review: Flavours of the Stratford Festival 2014, The Telegram

Review: Flavours of the Stratford Festival 2014, The Telegram

Gordon Jones, The Telegram June 16, 2014   Returning to the Stratford Festival to review for The Telegram was a no-brainer, since six Newfoundland artists are involved in productions this year. So, last week I took in five plays in three days. First up was “King Lear,” the most savagely brutal of all Shakespeare’s tragedies, featuring an aging king who yields […]

June 19, 2014 · 0 comments · Reviews