Canadian Adapation of Shakespeares
New Website Launches with Historical Materials Related to Shakespeare and Two Recent Video Posts: The Sanders Portrait and Shakespeare in London
March 15, 2016
The Discovering Literature: Shakespeare has just launched. Explore Shakespeare’s plays in relation to the social, political and cultural context in which they were written, and in which they have been interpreted over the last four centuries. "Is This the Face…
Three Key Documents Related to the Genealogical Research on the Sanders Portrait of Shakespeare
January 7, 2016
CASP is pleased to publish three key documents related to the genealogical research that has taken many years of work both in Canada and in the UK: 1) Thomas Hales Sanders' last will and testament, which set the Sanders Portrait…
The Sanders Portrait of Shakespeare: Game-changing Research
November 24, 2015
In November 2015 the Council of Ontario Universities named the work done on the Sanders Portrait of Shakespeare as being in the top 50 game-changing research undertakings in Ontario over the last 100 years. Click here for the University of…
Sanders Portrait of Shakespeare: A Partial Bibliography
October 30, 2015
In the interests of showing the extent to which the Sanders Portrait has garnered international attention as the scholarship on it has deepened, CASP is pleased to publish the following partial bibliography, which dates the earliest known public mention of…
Jace Weaver at Guelph: "Shakespeare Among the Salvages" / Introduced by Thomas King
October 22, 2015
The School of English and Theatre Studies, the Department of History, and the College of Arts will host Jace Weaver’s public talk, “Shakespeare Among the Salvages” on Thursday, November 12 th at 4:00 p.m. in Massey Hall, Room 100 (Lower…
Shakespeare Made in Canada Series at Rock's Mills Press
October 21, 2015
Rock's Mills Press, founded by former CEO of Oxford University Press David Stover, has recently contracted the Shakespeare Made in Canada Series as part of its mandate to publish "books that matter" For more on the series please click here…
A Comparative Examination of the Sanders Portrait of Shakespeare and the Droeshout Engraving of Shakespeare
October 16, 2015
A Comparative Examination of the Sanders Portrait of Shakespeare and the Droeshout Engraving of Shakespeare: A Software Approach to the Mystery of Shakespeare’s Face jpdoucet_and_maude_doucet_a_comparative_examination_of_the_sanders_portrait_of_shakespeare_and_the_droeshout_engraving_of_shakespeare Jean-Pierre Doucet and Maude Doucet In 2009 Andreas Kahnert used Photoshop to compare the Droeshout…
The Sanders Portrait of Shakespeare in The Poet's Hand by Adam Gopnik (The New Yorker)
March 30, 2015
Yet another take on the Sanders Portrait of Shakespeare from Adam Gopnik in The New Yorker . New Yorker - The Poets Hand-1
The Sanders Portrait of Shakespeare: Five U of G Innovations Recognized as Game-Changing
March 26, 2015
Five U of G Innovations Recognized as Game-Changing March 25, 2015 – News Release Five University of Guelph discoveries are being recognized as life-changing breakthroughs by the Council of Ontario Universities (COU). The discoveries are among 50 innovations from Ontario…
New Yorker article features CASP Research on the Sanders Portrait
April 25, 2014
An April 28, 2014 essay published in the New Yorker and authored by Adam Gopnik focuses on the Sanders Portrait and CASP Director, Daniel Fischlin, describing the most recent phase of research into the Sanders Portrait of Shakespeare and its…
Conference Explores Origins of Shakespeare Portrait
January 16, 2014
More than 400 years old, portrait still inspires interest By Andrew Vowles Thursday, January 16, 2014 The Sanders portrait Daniel Fischlin was hunkered down by the phone in mid-December “waiting for the media feeding frenzy to begin.” News…
Sanders Portrait Sale: Front Page of the Globe and Mail
December 16, 2013
After years of work lead in part by the Canadian Adaptations of Shakespeare Project, its Director Daniel Fischlin, and the University of Guelph, news on the front page of the Globe and Mail to the effect that the Sanders Portrait…