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The Stratford Adventure
195339 min 17 secFilm: Documentary
Direction: Morten Parker
Production: Guy Glover
Script: Gudrun Parker
How a small Canadian city, bearing the name of Stratford and by a river Avon, realized the vision of one of its sons: the creation of a theatre for the staging of the finest Shakespearean drama. The film tells how the idea grew, how a famous British director, internationally known stars and Canadian talent were recruited, and how the Stratford Shakespearean Festival finally became a triumphant reality.
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Subject categories
- Theater > Companies and PerformancesDrama Festivals
- Media Education > Documentary Film
- Arts Education > Drama
Credits
- film editor
- Douglas Tunstell
- sound recording
- Joseph Champagne
- sound editing
- Kenneth Heeley-Ray
- re-recording
- Clarke Daprato
- narrator
- John Drainie
- script
- Gudrun Parker
- music
- Louis Applebaum
- producer
- Guy Glover
- director
- Morten Parker
- photography
- Donald Wilder
Awards
- First Award - Category: Theatrical - Feature Length - DocumentaryGenie Awards
- Film of the YearGenie Awards
- Achievement Award - First Prize - Category: Artistic AchievementAnnual Film Festival
- Diploma of MeritInternational Film Festival
- Award of Merit - Category: Literature in Films Theatre Arts International Film and Video Festival
- Certificate of MeritInternational Film Festival