Caption
Lovers of Shakespeare from across North America and overseas are flocking to Stratford in increasing numbers -- from 63,000 in 1953 to last year's 225,000. Festival lasts 14 weeks, includes many of the arts.
Date
August 1, 1961
Accession Number
LAC-NFB100396
Materials
Black and white negative
Photographer
Enumber
e011177507
Collection
National Film Board of Canada
Credit Line
Library and Archives Canada, Mikan no. 205928
Caption
First festivals were held in huge tent which was replaced in 1957 by two-million-dollar theatre, above. Box office during summer performances is worth three-quarters of a million dollars.
Date
August 1, 1961
Accession Number
LAC-NFB100513
Materials
Black and white negative
Photographer
Enumber
e011177512
Collection
National Film Board of Canada
Credit Line
Library and Archives Canada, Mikan no. 205928
Caption
"How many ages hence Shall this our lofty scene be acted o'er, In states unborn and accents yet unknown!"
Date
August 1, 1961
Accession Number
LAC-NFB100497
Materials
Black and white negative
Photographer
Enumber
e011177510
Collection
National Film Board of Canada
Credit Line
Library and Archives Canada, Mikan no. 205928
Caption
Downtown Stratford where tourists can shop or watch Gilbert and Sullivan light opera.
Date
August 1, 1961
Accession Number
LAC-NFB100431
Materials
Black and white negative
Photographer
Enumber
e011177508
Collection
National Film Board of Canada
Credit Line
Library and Archives Canada, Mikan no. 205928
Caption
Festival is not exclusively Shakespearean. Above, a performance of Canvas Barricade by top Canadian artists during 1961's June-to-September season.
Date
August 1, 1961
Accession Number
LAC-NFB100507
Materials
Black and white negative
Photographer
Enumber
e011177511
Collection
National Film Board of Canada
Credit Line
Library and Archives Canada, Mikan no. 205928
Caption
Remnant of Stratford the Railway Town: an abandoned steam locomotive -- main prop in earlier production -- awaits scrap yard as another scene fades in a continuing drama.
Date
April 1, 1962
Accession Number
NFB62-1489
Materials
Black and white negative
Photographer
Collection
CMCP collection
Credit Line
Canadian Photography Institute, National Film Board of Canada fonds, National Gallery of Canada
Photostory #312: Canada's Stratford: City of Dramatic Art: Exit Steam - Enter Shakespeare
Photographers
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Maker
National Film Board of Canada
Release Date
May 29, 1962
Collection
CMCP fonds
Credit Line
Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography fonds, National Gallery of Canada Library and Archives
Main Text
The last act in the story of Canada's steam locomotives was played out in Stratford in 1958. Upstaged by brash new diesels -- first appearing on the scene to capture the railway spotlight nearly 10 years ago -- the curtain finally came down on Stratford the Railway Town. Today, this southwestern Ontario city is thriving once more after a come-back sponsored by one of the theatre's most durable playwrights -- William Shakespeare. The annual festival of dramatic art, which took its opening bow in 1953, is now a cornerstone of national culture, has put new sparkle in the pace of life for Stratford's 21,000 people. Against a backdrop of new motels, tourist homes and stores full of fine goods, Stratford the Theatrical Town plays to an audience of a quarter million, invites them to stroll its green swards, visit the Shakespearean gardens, relax in an atmosphere of cosmopolitan art amid Ontario's bright summer sunshine.
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