What is Stratford Festival?
[[File:Festival Theatre.jpg|thumb|right|250px|{{Center|Festival Theatre, Stratford Festival of Canada}}]] The '''Stratford Festival''', formerly called the '''Stratford Shakespeare Festival''', is an [[wikt:annual|annual]] [[theatre]] [[festival]] held in [[Stratford, Ontario]], [[Canada]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://gocanada.about.com/od/ontario/p/stratford_festival.htm |title=Stratford Festival in Brief |author=Jane McLean |date= |website= |publisher=About Travel |accessdate=18 February 2015 |archive-date=7 April 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150407013203/http://gocanada.about.com/od/ontario/p/stratford_festival.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> It runs from April to October. About a third of the plays are by [[William Shakespeare]]. The remainder range from [[Greek tragedy]] to [[wikt:contemporary|contemporary]] theatre. The theme for the 2015 season is called ''eureka moments''.<ref name=JonesCT>{{cite web |url=http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/theater/chi-stratford-festival-announces-2014-season-20140825-column.html |title=Stratford Festival announces 2015 season |author=Chris Jones |date= |website= |publisher=The Chicago Tribune |accessdate=18 February 2015}}</ref> Featured [[Play (theatre)|play]]s will include Shakespeare's ''[[Hamlet]]'', ''[[The Taming of the Shrew]]'' and ''[[Love's Labour's Lost]]''.<ref name=JonesCT/> == References == {{commons}} {{reflist}} {{north-America-stub}} [[Category:Festivals in Canada]]