The Stratford Adventure
This short film depicts how a small Canadian city, bearing the name of Stratford and by a river Avon, created its own renowned Shakespearean theatre. The film tells how the idea grew, how a famous British director, international stars and Canadian talent were recruited, and how the Stratford Shakespearean Festival finally became a triumphant reality.
- 6.0
- 1954
- Released
- 0h 40m
John Drainie
Narrator
Michael Bates
Self
Lloyd Bochner
Self
Douglas Campbell
Self
Robert Christie
Self
Alec Guinness
Self
Tyrone Guthrie
Self
Amelia Hall
Self
Douglas Rain
Self
Irene Worth
SelfReleased
en
- #short film
Reviews
Local journalist Tom Patterson decided that is was time for a Shakespearian festival in Stratford. Not the one in Warwickshire, though - this one is to be several thousand miles away in another Stratford. Ontario. Armed with just C$125 he heads to New York to gauge interest and then against the odds manages to get funding to build a tented theatre and then to entice the director of London's Old Vi