A portrait of William Shakespeare and a copy of a speech from 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' were sent to the edge of space as part of a short film series marking 400 years since the first volume of the playwright's works was published.
William Shakespeare's First Folio is displayed at Christie's auction rooms in London, Monday, Jan. 13, 2020. A portrait of William Shakespeare and a copy of a speech from "A Midsummer Night's Dream" were sent to the edge of space as part of a short film series marking 400 years since the first volume of the playwright's works was published.
"A tiny copy of the speech we used, which is 'The Lovers and Madmen' speech from 'Midsummer Night's Dream', inserted into the portrait," Jewers told Reuters."The Stranger's Case" features a speech Shakespeare contributed to an unperformed play alongside footage of refugees at sea. The First Folio is considered one of the most important books in English literature. Without it, 18 plays, including "Macbeth," would have been lost.
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre's non-binding motion calling on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to extend the carbon tax pause on home heating oil to all forms of home heating failed to pass Monday.
Wednesday is National Aboriginal Veterans Day, which was first observed in Winnipeg in 1994. The Canadian Press spoke with three Indigenous soldiers about why they enlisted.Canada Post is honouring Mona Parsons, the only non-military Canadian woman to be imprisoned by the German army during the second World War, with their annual Remembrance Day stamp.
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