CBC Presents the Stratford Festival is a Canadian film and television series. Produced by theStratford Festival in conjunction withCBC Television,[1] the series aims to film a Stratford production of everyWilliam Shakespeare play by 2025.[2] In addition to airing on CBC Television, the films will also be distributed theatrically both in and outside of Canada.
The project received a $3 million grant from the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario in July 2015.[3]
The first film in the series,King Lear, starredColm Feore in the title role.[4] The cast also includedScott Wentworth as Gloucester,Maev Beaty as Goneril,Sara Farb as Cordelia andStephen Ouimette as The Fool.[4] The production was directed byAntoni Cimolino.[4]
Feore garnered aCanadian Screen Award nomination as best actor in a television film or miniseries at the4th Canadian Screen Awards in 2016.
The production ofKing John starsTom McCamus as King John,Graham Abbey as King Philip andSeana McKenna as Lady Constance, and was directed by Tim Carroll.[5]
McCamus and McKenna both garnered Canadian Screen Award nominations, McCamus as best actor in a television film or miniseries and McKenna as best actress in a television film or miniseries, at the 4th Canadian Screen Awards.
The production ofAntony and Cleopatra aired in 2015, starringGeraint Wyn Davies andYanna McIntosh in the title roles, and was directed byGary Griffin.[6]
Davies and McIntosh both garnered Canadian Screen Award nominations, Davies as best actor in a television film or miniseries and McIntosh as best actress in a television film or miniseries, at the 4th Canadian Screen Awards.
Hamlet, aired in 2016, starred Jonathan Goad as Hamlet, Tom Rooney as Polonius,Seana McKenna as Gertrude, andGeraint Wyn Davies as Claudius.
The Adventures of Pericles, aired in 2016, starredEvan Buliung as Pericles, Wayne Best as Antiochus, andDeborah Hay as Thaisa and Marina.
The Taming of the Shrew, aired in 2016, starredBen Carlson as Petruchio and Deborah Hay as Katharina.