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In the 20th century, dozens of Shakespeare festivals flourished across the United States and Canada, giving rise to a phenomenon that now accounts for hundreds of festivals in the two countries. The Oregon Festival, the Stratford Ontario Festival and the Shakespeare in the Park (New York) can be considered the pioneers of this movement, influencing many other festivals. These festivals have generated theatrical events typified by their use of space, their outreach, target audiences and their approach to Shakespeare in performance. This article discusses Shakespeare festivals in North America using the cases of the Oregon, Stratford and Shakespeare in the Park festivals to elucidate how these and other contemporary festivals have generated their own formulae to stage Shakespeare’s works.
