THE UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN’S MAIN CAMPUS IS SITUATED ON TREATY 6 TERRITORY AND THE HOMELAND OF THE MÉTIS.

THE UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN’S MAIN CAMPUS IS SITUATED ON TREATY 6 TERRITORY AND THE HOMELAND OF THE MÉTIS.

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  • By March 9, 2020

    Why avenge your father’s death when you can just go on cute dates with your boyfriend?

  • Lady Macbeth did nothing wrong

    By February 14, 2020

    Your lacklustre relationship could really be sprung into action by three witches and a little regicide.

  • Shakespearean delight found under the tents on the river

    By August 20, 2015

    The view of the river from outside the Shakespeare on the Saskatchewan tents is as appealing as ever, upstaged only by the drama taking place inside.

  • Shakespeare on the Saskatchewan showcases U of S talent

    By July 8, 2015

    Talent from the faculty, staff and student body at the University of Saskatchewan will play a major role at this summer’s Shakespeare on the Saskatchewan festival.

  • Shakespeare gets the viral treatment

    By September 20, 2013

    Blank Verse is a series about Shakespeare in a university setting, put together by a team of roughly 50 students, graduates and friends of students of the University of British Columbia.

  • Saskatoon’s Theatre Naught delves into Shakespeare

    By January 3, 2013

    Saskatoon’s newest theatre company, Theatre Naught, is bringing King Lear to the stage as its first and possibly only production.

  • Shakespeare returns to Greystone stage

    By November 22, 2012

    Greystone Theatre’s second play of the season is the classic historical drama Henry IV, Part 1. This play is not only a return to the works of Shakespeare (Greystone last produced Shakespeare with A Winter’s Tale in 2009) but a project long in the making for director Dwayne Brenna.

  • Rick Miller does Shakespeare as The Simpsons in MacHomer

    By March 14, 2012

    A kind of MTV-generation thinking pervades MacHomer. It’s thinking that says to make classic art (like the plays of Shakespeare) relatable to modern audiences, you should throw in some pop-culture references and, voila, you have an easily digestible version ready for the masses to consume.

    It seems that Canadian comedian and stage performer Rick Miller subscribes to this sort of thinking, and he really runs with it in MacHomer, a shortened version of Macbeth in which every character is performed as a member of The Simpsons.