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	Stratford Festival of Canada - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Stratford Festival of Canada is a summer-long celebration of theatre held each year in Stratford, Ontario, Canada.
		The Festival was founded as the Stratford Shakespearean Festival of Canada, due mainly to Tom Patterson, a Stratford-native journalist who wanted to revitalize his town's economy by creating a theatre festival dedicated to the works of William Shakespeare, being that the town shares the name of Shakespeare's birthplace.
		Stratford had originally been a major railway junction and had fallen into decline when the railway yards were moved.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Stratford_Festival_of_Canada (555 words)

	Government of Canada Announces $450,000 for Stratford Festival of Canada
		STRATFORD, May 23, 2006 - The Government of Canada announces $450,000 in funding for the Stratford Festival of Canada's "Renewing the Stage for Excellence" project.
		The "Renewing the Stage for Excellence" project will benefit the Stratford Festival by facilitating the purchase of a new musical sound system, a state of the art lighting system, a high intensity projector, and a new hearing assistance system.
		Funding is also provided for the construction and renovation of arts and heritage facilities, for the purchase of specialized equipment, and for feasibility studies and projects to transform buildings into arts or heritage facilities.
	news.gc.ca /cfmx/view/en/index.jsp?articleid=215019 (293 words)

	Stratford Festival of Canada (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab1.netlab.uky.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-14)
		The Festival was founded as the Stratford Shakespearean Festival of Canada, due mainly to Tom Patterson, a Canadian journalist who wanted to revitalize his town's economy by creating a theatre festival dedicated to the works of William Shakespeare.
		The stage of the festival Theatre, designed by Tanya Moiseiwitsch resembles the thrust stage of Shakespeare's Globe Theatre.
		As of 2005 there are four permanent festival venues: the Festival Theatre, the Avon, the Tom Patterson Theatre, and the Studio Theatre.
	stratford-festival-of-canada.kiwiki.homeip.net.cob-web.org:8888 (472 words)

	SignOnSanDiego.com > News > Features -- Canada and picturesque Stratford beckon with storied theater festival
		Winters are milder than much of Canada and the festival season does stretch from late January until the last performances at October's end.
		The Shaw festival estimates that 60 percent of its 300,000 visitors last year came from Canada and 39 percent from the United States.
		All of which suggests that theaters in Canada have a responsibility; the bigger the theater, the greater the responsibility.
	www.signonsandiego.com /news/features/20060730-9999-1a30strat.html (1245 words)

	Aisle Say (Stratford, Ontario): Stratford Festival of Canada 2002
		Mary Jolliffe, the Stratford Festival's first publicist, tells the story about a farmer who came up to the box office one hot July afternoon to purchase tickets and was asked which play he wanted to see.
		On the box office side of the artistic ledger, The 50th anniversary celebration of the Stratford Festival delivered everything that it promised and more.
		The two one-act plays that I saw, both commissioned and workshopped by the Festival, were worthy inaugurations of the space.
	www.aislesay.com /ONT-STRATFORD-2002.html (1407 words)

	Summer Shakespeare Stratford Festival of Canada - History
		That Stratford, Ontario, is the home of the largest classical repertory theatre in North America is ultimately attributable to the dream of one man, Stratford-born journalist Tom Patterson.
		In the years since its first season the Stratford Festival of Canada has set benchmarks for the production not only of Shakespeare, Molière, the ancient Greeks and other great dramatists of the past but also of such 20th-century masters as Samuel Beckett, Bertolt Brecht, Anton Chekhov, Henrik Ibsen, Eugene O'Neill and Tennessee Williams.
		The Festival is currently building a $50-million Endowment Foundation to ensure that its founders dream remains a reality for all time.
	www.theculturedtraveler.com /Archives/MAY2005/Stratford_Festival.htm (413 words)

	CNW Group
		She is an accomplished director of classical and contemporary pieces, having directed at various stages such as CanStage, the Shaw Festival, the Manitoba Theatre Centre, the Saidye Bronfman Centre for the Arts and Chicago Shakespeare Theater.
		Shipley is currently the Artistic Director and Chief Executive Officer at the Dublin International Theatre Festival, where he has built upon his reputation for drawing some of the finest talent from all corners of the globe.
		Shipley please visit the our website at http://www.stratfordfestival.ca/imagegallery/artisticdirectors.cfm The internationally acclaimed Stratford Festival, North America's largest classical repertory theatre, presents a six-month season in four distinctive venues, encompassing not only the works of Shakespeare and other great authors of the past but also the best in contemporary drama and musical theatre.
	www.newswire.ca /en/releases/archive/June2006/26/c9067.html (994 words)

	Stratford Festival of Canada 2003
		The greatness of the annual Stratford Festival in Ontario is known and appreciated not just in Canada but throughout the world.
		A week prior to the festival, NIU offers "The Dress Rehearsal," a seminar at the Holmes Student Center to acquaint you with the historical, literary, and theatrical aspects of the plays you will be seeing.
		She has taken NIU groups to Stratford several times as well as to the American Players Theater in Spring Green, Wisconsin and the Chicago Shakespeare Theater in Chicago in addition to London.
	www.niu.edu /ext_prog/stratford2002b.html (1475 words)

	All about the Stratford Festival of Canada (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-14)
		One of the major theater companies in the English-speaking world, the Stratford Festival of Canada is in Stratford, Ontario, about 150 miles or a 2-hour, 45-minute drive from Detroit.
		Stratford has four playhouses and attracts an annual audience of about 500,000.
		Stratford does everything from ancient Greek plays to contemporary works, with at least three Shakespeare plays staged each year.
	www.freep.com /apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060709/ENT05/607090648/1120/RSS (194 words)

	CBC.ca Arts - Stratford Festival founder Tom Patterson dies
		The Stratford, Ont.-born Patterson had always thought that his hometown – through which flowed a river called Avon – would be the perfect venue for a festival celebrating the work of William Shakespeare.
		Once he arrived, Guthrie was instantly charmed by Stratford's beautiful riverfront, its earnest people and the opportunity to fulfill his own dream of building an authentic Shakespearean theatre: one where the audience is seated almost completely surrounding a low-level stage, necessitating performances that returned to the old style of acting.
		The festival brought a much-needed boost to the town, which was suffering from the withdrawal of the rail industry that had helped sustain it for almost 80 years.
	www.cbc.ca /arts/story/2005/02/23/pattersonobit050223.html (1634 words)

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		Stratford veteran Martha Henry turns in a chilling turn as the Inquisitor, with a frosty demeanor playing nicely against her liquid Spanish accent.
		She is, after all, the daughter of one of Canada's most illustrious actors, Christopher Plummer, whose thespian talents have been associated with the festival for decades.
		Engaged in conversation, she listens intently to what you have to say, then seems to read her answers from the occasional cloud scudding across the deep blue of the summer sky or find it hidden in the path traced by the butterflies labouring in the blossoms of a nearby planter.
	www.christopher-plummer.com /lark_stratford2005 (6585 words)

	wbur.org Arts - Op-Eds - Canada's Stratford Theater Festival
		This year marks the 50th anniversary of the Canadian festival, established by director Tyrone Guthrie, who was persuaded, along with actors Alec Guinness and Irene Worth and designer Tanya Moiseiwitsch, to create a stage dedicated to the works of Shakespeare in a tent in the middle of farm country.
		Finally aware of its debt to the future, this year the SFC opened a 250-seat Studio Theatre, which is dedicated to producing new plays, not just by Canadian dramatists.
		Each of the main characters, comments Miller in the Stratford Festival Guide, "discovers how much there is to learn by losing everything." Blind eyes and hard hearts snap bonds of tenderness as easily as the blows of an axe.
	www.wbur.org /arts/2002/50144_20020910.asp (1691 words)

	Des McAnuff Accepts Position at Canada's Stratford Fest (BroadwayWorld.com)
		In a press conference held today in Canada, Antoni Cimolino, General Director of the Stratford Festival of Canada unveiled the next stage of the Festival’s new vision for artistic leadership.
		“Stratford Festival of Canada was in my life even before La Jolla Playhouse,” remarked McAnuff, “and in fact, the Festival first approached me about playing a leadership role even before I met with the search committee for the Playhouse in 1982.
		Stratford gives me the much desired opportunity to explore the classic theatrical repertoire while continuing to do new work.
	www.broadwayworld.com /viewcolumn.cfm?colid=10576 (1187 words)

	SignOnSanDiego.com > News > Features -- Tom Patterson, founder of Stratford Festival of Canada, dies at 84
		In his book, "First Stage: The Makings of the Stratford Festival," Patterson said he believed that part of the festival's success was its scenic location along the banks of the Avon River, where theatergoers frequently picnic before performances.
		After the initial year of the Festival, when Patterson served as general manager, he founded the touring theatrical company Canadian Players with the actor Douglas Campbell.
		He worked in various capacities with the Stratford Festival until 1967, consulted to theater companies across North America and worked in the film industry.
	www.signonsandiego.com /news/features/20050223-1510-obit-patterson.html (348 words)

	The Stratford Festival of Canada -- 2003 at CurtainUp
		In its fifty-first season, the Stratford Festival of Canada steps into its second half-century with a slate of plays organized around the principle of "Tales Told and Retold" The season offers five Shakespeares, (The Taming of the Shrew, Pericles, Love's Labour's Lost, Antony and Cleopatra, and Troilus and Cressida).
		Stratford's return to the ancient Greek theatre is more satisfying.
		The Stratford Festival of Canada 2003 is dedicated to the memory of Tanya Moiseiwitsch, the Festival's founding designer who passed away earlier this year.
	www.curtainup.com /stratford2003intro.html (467 words)

	Playbill News: Tom Patterson, the Father of Canada's Stratford Festival, Dead at 84
		Tom Patterson, the visionary Canadian who had the idea to create a theatre festival in the Ontario town of Stratford, died Feb. 23 at Sunnybrook Hospital in Toronto after a long illness, at age 84, the Stratford Festival announced.
		Patterson became a member of the Order of Canada in 1967 (promoted to officer in 1977) in recognition of his work with the Stratford Festival and was awarded honorary law degrees from the University of Toronto in 1981 and the University of Western Ontario in 1988.
		Patterson returned to Stratford, he met up with many friends and colleagues from the Festival family during his visit, according to the festival.
	www.playbill.com /news/article/91362.html (1145 words)

	Travels with Tess: Sparkling 2006 Stratford Festival Canada Season opens (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-14)
		Other classics are Moliere's Don Juan, The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams and Ibsen's Ghosts, while the Festival continues its mandate to introduce new and lesser known plays and playrights with Fanny Kemble, a brand new play about one of the 19th century's most celebrated Shakespearean actresses and Harlem Duet, an ingenious twist on Othello.
		You can make your visit to the lovely town of Stratford, in the heart of rural southern Ontario, a complete experience, with other special events like behind the scenes theatre or warehouse tours and garden tours.
		For the complete Stratford summer program and for ticket prices, reservations and accommodation choices log on to www.stratfordfestival.ca or call toll free 1-800-567-1600.
	www.pentri.com /tessa/index.php?id=23 (557 words)

	STRATFORD FESTIVAL
		The Stratford Festival is North America's largest repertory theatre.
		Spurned by the husband whose life she saved, the celebrated sorceress of legend plans a terrible revenge in one of the most searingly intense of all Greek tragedies.
		The Shaw Festival is the second-largest repertory company in North America, and the only theatre in the world that specializes in plays written by Bernard Shaw and his contemporaries (1856-1950): "plays about the beginning of the modern world." The Festival takes place at Niagara-on-the Lake, just a short drive from St. Catharines.
	www.brocku.ca /blackfly2000/Theater.htm (414 words)

	Michigan State University Newsroom - Stratford Festival of Canada to visit MSU and Wharton Center
		115, hoffma95@msu.edu; Sachin Deshpandé, Stratford Festival: (519) 271-0055, Ext.
		The Stratford Festival residency will provide MSU students with the opportunity to meet professional theater artists, gain insight into the creative process and explore the works of William Shakespeare and Tennessee Williams.
		Editor’s note: Reporters and photographers are welcome to visit the master classes, demonstrations and classroom activities that are part of the Stratford Festival residency.
	newsroom.msu.edu /site/indexer/2885/content.htm (428 words)

	Playbill Biography: STRATFORD FESTIVAL OF CANADA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-14)
		Located in Stratford, Ontario, the Stratford Festival is the largest classical repertory theater in North America and is currently led by Artistic Director Richard Monette.
		Founded as a Shakespeare festival by Stratford-born journalist Tom Patterson with Tyrone Guthrie as its first artistic director, the Festival presented its first six-week season in 1953 under a canvas tent, on a revolutionary thrust stage created by internationally renowned designer Tanya Moiseiwitsch.
		In 1957 that stage was incorporated into a permanent facility, the Festival Theatre (now seating 1,824 patrons), with three more venues being added in subsequent years: the 1,093-seat Avon Theatre, the 487-seat Tom Patterson Theatre and, in 2002, the 260-seat Studio Theatre.
	www.playbill.com /celebritybuzz/whoswho/biography/14432 (361 words)

	Stratford's New Leaders
		The Stratford Festival of Canada has announced the appointment of three new Artistic Directors to the company beginning in the fall of 2007.
		This is the first time the Festival has embarked on such a leadership model.
		With the wide range of skill and experience now found at the head of the Festival, audience members might be concerned about the Festival moving away from its Shakespearean roots.
	moderntheatre.suite101.com /article.cfm/stratfords_new_leaders (264 words)

	Stratford (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-14)
		In the Stratford Festival production, Sara Topham gives a luminous performance as Laura holding her own and then some against one of Williams' perennial southern belle women of indeterminate age and lost opportunities, Laura's mother Amanda Wingfield, played with Dixie grit by Seana McKenna.
		Dale, who has appeared in many different musicals at the Festival, has earned her stripes as a versatile performer who has the added talent of having a fine voice that is a clear as a bell.
		The first flashback, and incidentally the one that begins the play, is set in 1928 Harlem as a trained classical actor reduced to playing a fl face minstrel reveals his love for a white woman to his astonished fl wife.
	www.scenechanges.com /stratfor.htm (7967 words)

	Stratford Theatre Festival of Canada: With VIP Reception (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-14)
		Stratford Theatre Festival of Canada: With VIP Reception
		Experience the glitz and glamour of the theater during performances at the Stratford Theatre Festival.
		Remainder of morning at leisure to explore Stratford and Festival.
	smithsonianjourneys.org /international/080905stratford.asp (301 words)

	FeteNet.com (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab1.netlab.uky.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-14)
		She is the recipient of the Stratford Festival’s 2004 Timothy Findley Award, as well as Canada's highest literary honour for dramatic writing: the 1998 Governor General's Literary Award.
		She is the playwright and director of the multiple Dora Award winning production of Harlem Duet (Scirocco Drama, 1997), which was work shopped at the Joseph Papp Public Theatre in NYC, where Djanet was the international artist-in-residence in 1996.
		Stratford would also be happy to arrange a catered meal in one of our on-site facilities.
	www.fetenet.com.cob-web.org:8888 /pressEM.tpl?recid=1147909116157626 (313 words)

	The Stratford Festival of Canada - Coriolanus, Oliver!, South Pacific, Twelfth Night, The Glass Menagerie, London ...
		The Stratford Festival of Canada - Coriolanus, Oliver!, South Pacific, Twelfth Night, The Glass Menagerie, London Assurance, Much Ado About Nothing, Don Juan, Henry IV, Part 1, Ghosts, The Duchess of Malfi, Harlem Duet, The Blonde, the Brunette, and the Vengeful Redhead, Fanny Kemble, The Liar
		In addition to acclaimed productions of the best in operetta and musical theatre, it has also showcased and in many cases premired works by outstanding Canadian and other contemporary playwrights.
		Drawing audiences of more than 600,000 each year, the Festival season now runs from April to November and includes a full programme of Fringe activities, including concert recitals,discussion sessions and readings by celebrated authors.
	www.stratfordfestival.ca /about/history.cfm (424 words)

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