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In 1953, Tom Patterson launched an annual festival of Shakespearean theatre in his hometown of Stratford, Ontario. First artistic director Tyrone Guthrie and designer Tanya Moiseiwitsch created the Festival Theatre’s thrust stage, surrounded by the audience on three sides.
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Canada’s National Arts Centre in Ottawa opened on 2 June 1969, two years after the centennial that inspired it. Built to produce and present music, opera, theatre and dance, it was designed to be bilingual, reflecting Canada’s linguistic duality.
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Lucy Maud Montgomery’s novel Anne of Green Gables was published in 1908. Green Gables Heritage Place in Cavendish, Prince Edward Island, preserves the farmstead that inspired her.
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CBC/Radio-Canada is a Crown corporation established by Parliament in 1936 as Canada’s national public broadcaster. Its current mandate is set out in the Broadcasting Act of 1991.
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The National Film Board of Canada was created in 1939. This federal cultural agency produces and distributes original audiovisual works that reflect Canadian experiences and perspectives.
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The Governor General’s Literary Awards recognize English- and French-language books in seven categories. Administered by the Canada Council for the Arts, they include awards for translation between the two languages.
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Canadian law recognizes ice hockey as the national winter sport and lacrosse as the national summer sport.
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