Review of Shakespeare Made in Canada: Contemporary Canadian Adaptations in Theatre, Pop Media, and Visual Arts edited by Daniel Fischlin and Judith Nasby

This remarkable collection of essays is the catalogue for an exhibition of the same name held at the Macdonald Stewart Art Centre in Guelph between January and May 2007, itself part of Daniel Fischlin’s Canadian Adaptations of Shakespeare Project (available for viewing on the Web at www.canadianshakespeares.ca). The exhibition, book, and website showcase not only “the playwright’s cultural influence on Canada” but also the seemingly infinite possibilities for adaptations of Shakespeare, including theatrical designs, paintings, photographs, new plays, musical compositions, graphic novels, and even computer games. Many of these are reproduced throughout the book in both colour and black-and-white illustrations.