2013
Shakespeare by the Sea began in 1994 with a dream of presenting Shakespeare in Point Pleasant Park, a historic urban park in South End Halifax, Nova Scotia. Patrick Christopher Carter, Elizabeth Murphy and Jean Morpurgo invited the original company to perform Twelfth Night in the ruins of a military battery for a weekend in July, and to their great surprise, over 3000 people attended the inaugural production.
With the energy from such a positive response, the company was incorporated as a not-for-profit charity. Since then, they have been consistent with annual productions of Shakespeare’s work for 25 seasons. The company rounds out their program with classical and modern pieces, performed in either the beautiful surroundings of Point Pleasant Park, or in the cozy confines of The Park Place Theatre. Hundreds
of thousands of people have been entertained by their unique brand of outdoor theatre, and have been delighted to find the quality of the work is upheld.
Shakespeare by the Sea is dedicated to the development of Canadian theatre artists, and the list of alumni is long, with many of them gracing stages across Canada.
