Canadian Adapation of Shakespeares
New interview with CASP Director, Daniel Fischlin: “Parallel Streams”: Sustaining the Digital Commons
October 18, 2010
In October of 2010 CASP Director Daniel Fischlin met with doctoral student Andrew Bretz (School of English and Theatre Studies) in the CASP offices at the University of Guelph. The full transcript of that interview, in which issues relating to…
CASP announces new RSS News Feed
October 15, 2010
The Canadian Adaptations of Shakespeare Project (CASP) is pleased to have added a new RSS feed to the site. The RSS feed, powered by Posterous, allows for posting of all CASP-related news on a timely basis, including updates to the…
Battle of Wills film playing in Guelph
March 13, 2009
News Release March 13, 2009 On Saturday March 28, 2009, 4:00 PM, a Guelph premiere screening of director Anne Henderson's film, Battle of Wills, will occur at the Bookshelf in downtown Guelph. The film documents the amazing story behind the…
CASP publishes the Virtual Shakespeare Made in Canada Exhibit (VSMIC)
January 31, 2009
The Shakespeare–Made in Canada Virtual Exhibit is a media-rich online version of the Shakespeare–Made in Canada exhibition that was hosted by the Macdonald Stewart Art Centre from January to June 2007. Based on research conducted by the Canadian A...
Speare Brings Shakespeare To Gamers
May 7, 2007
'Speare, a flash based game developed by instructors at the University of Guelph in Ontario, combines arcade gameplay with the works of Shakespeare. 'Speare sends players into outer space on a mission to collect stolen knowledge based on the Bard'...
PC WORLD - Speare: To Zap or Not To Zap
April 24, 2007
That's the question. The answer might be: Did you do your homework? Becasue if you did, you'd know the primary source for Shakespeare's The Winter's Tale [1], What percent of lines rhyme in Love's Labor's Lost [2], and in which…
CASP Launches Online Integrated Learning System (Patent Pending)
April 21, 2007
The Canadian Adaptations of Shakespeare Project (CASP) has developed a three-part literacy system that engages youth in language and media literacy learning while making a positive intervention in online game spaces. Launched on April 23, 2007, Sh...
SHAKESPEARE’S CANADIAN CONNECTIONS – Mark Hallman
March 16, 2007
The most famous playwright in history, William Shakespeare, has definite ties to Canada, even though he lived his life across the pond in Stratford-upon-Avon, England. His ties can be seen in the many Shakespearean productions that have graced sta...
Portico Shakespeare
November 8, 2006
“Be not afraid of greatness: some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon ‘em.” (Twelfth Night, II, v. 156-159) What’s so great about Shakespeare, anyway? The Bard died almost 400 years ago and it’s impossible…
The Davin Report: Shakespeare and Canada’s Manifest Destiny
October 30, 2006
The Davin Report: Shakespeare and Canada’s Manifest Destiny sets out to overturn the settled and pristine landscapes managed and organized around Canadian nationalism by revisiting the history of Nicholas Flood Davin (1843-1901) and his literary, ...
Hamlet {solo} Montreal
August 25, 2006
Author: Hope and Hell TheatreDate: Fri, 25 Aug 2006 09:01:53 EST Two weeks only!! Hope and Hell Theatre presents Hamlet {solo} By William Shakespeare With Raoul Bhaneja Directed by Robert Ross Parker fresh from successful runs at The Banff Summer…
Open Learning Shakespeare Newsletter bumf:
August 18, 2006
Teaching Resources www.canadianshakespeares.ca The Canadian Adaptations of Shakespeare Project (CASP) is the first research project of its kind, devoted to the systematic exploration and documentation of they ways in which Shakespeare has been ada...