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| | Canadian Theatre Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01) |
 | | Theatre festival in Stratford, Ontario, founded in 1953. |
 | | Local journalist, Tom Patterson, had long dreamed of having a festival of the works of Shakespeare in the town and found the local support for such a project before he met with noted British director Tyrone Guthrie. |
 | | The company is funded by ticket sales, the Canada Council and the Ontario ministry of culture, runs over 25 weeks of the year over 450+ performances, has a permanent administration and requires an acting corps of approximately 100. |
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