Directing Shakespeare

Abstract

John Hirsch was the Artistic Director of the Stratford Festival from 1981-1985. His tenure at the Festival often seemed overshadowed by the sustained controversy which surrounded the appointment of a successor to Robin Phillips. After the appointment and dissolution of the four-person board to serve as the Festival’s Artistic Directors, there was a search for the Canadian who had the international stature to serve as the Artistic Director of the Festival. Hirsch, one of a handful of Canadians who work regularly in major international theatres and whose work is seen as influencing the development of contemporary theatre, was appointed.

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