But building contractor Oliver Gaffney kept his men working regardless, until last-minute donations by Governor General Vincent Massey and the Perth Mutual Insurance Company saved the day. Drawing inspiration from the Elizabethan apron stage, the ancient Greek amphitheatres and the Roman arenas, the thrust stage designed by Tanya Moiseiwitsch revolutionized the performance of Shakespeare. It comprises a protruding platform, a balcony now removable , trap-doors, nine acting levels and eight major entrances.
In , under Artistic Director Michael Langham, work began on a permanent theatre to house the Moiseiwitsch stage. See map at end. Sculpture of Shakespeare by Cleve Horne, Formerly British Mortgage and Trust Co. Rounthwaite and Fairfield, architects Not widely loved, this building is interesting to show how it responds to its three storey Victorian neighbours and the impressive Court House across the street.
An awkward trapezoidal shape resulted in this massing based on degree angles. Uses Quebec granite and imported Portland stone. Moffat, Moffat and Kinoshita Ken Rawson 30 Downie Street Interesting shape that responds to a dogleg in Downie St, stepping down from the three storey massing of adjacent Victorian commercial buildings. This is typical of many modernist post offices of the post war period in southwestern Ontario similar to ones in St.
Thomas and Chatham. The tower on the southeast corner of the building was later removed. He co-established the Stratford Chefs School to operate here and elsewhere during the off-season months. The roster of fine chefs and food purveyors that learned and taught here gained Stratford a remarkable cachet for food.
Morris commissioned Shim-Sutcliffe to redesign the restaurant and a new townhouse, dubbed the Tower House, in the late s. Its design is unconventional but somehow fits with the s brick apartment building to the west and affords views across to Lake Victoria.
Tours now available as Self-Guided Audio Tours! Your stories add to the fabric of the Stratford Experience. We invite you to share them. Share them with us, and share them with the world using the hashtag, StratfordStories. As a night telegraph operator, Edison was to send a special signal on the hour to ensure he was alert.
He was fired when he slept through an incoming message to warn the engineers of two trains that they were on a collision course, narrowly averting disaster. The Force was with him. Its Festival Theatre used an innovative thrust stage, envisioned by British director Tyrone Guthrie and designed by Tanya Moiseiwitsch, to provide a more intimate actor-audience relationship reminiscent of Elizabethan times.
It had a powerful influence on the production of Shakespeare worldwide. As envisioned by its founder, Tom Patterson, the festival transformed the economy and the cultural life of its host city for residents and visitors alike, making Stratford synonymous with its famous festival.
The Stratford Shakespearian Festival grew out of a period of growth in Canadian theatre, fostered by a vibrant amateur theatre movement, radio drama, and rising cultural nationalism.
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