“With one bold stroke that has left our big cities gasping, Stratford, Ont., famous mainly for producing Howie Morenz, will this summer claim its birthright with a Shakespearean festival starring Alec Guinness on the banks of the Avon” proclaimed Maclean’s magazine on May 1, 1953. This is week 20 of a continuing series of articles…
Fifty Archives Treasures: The Stratford Shakespeare Festival, 1953
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