The Stratford Adventure

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The Stratford Adventure
Directed by
Written byGudrun Parker
Produced byGuy Glover
StarringAlec Guinness
Narrated byJohn Drainie
CinematographyDonald Wilder
Music byLouis Applebaum
Production
company
Release date
  • August 2, 1954 (1954-08-02)
Running time
40 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish

The Stratford Adventure is a 1954 National Film Board of Canada documentary film about the founding of the Stratford Shakespeare Festival, directed by . It tells the story of what was to become North America's premiere Shakespearean festival, on the banks of the Avon River in the small Ontario town of Stratford. It was named Film of the Year at the Canadian Film Awards and nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature at the 27th Academy Awards.[1][2][3]

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  1. ^ "NY Times: The Stratford Adventure". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Baseline & All Movie Guide. 2011. Archived from the original on May 21, 2011. Retrieved November 8, 2008.
  2. ^ Wyndham Wise, ed. (September 8, 2001). "The Stratford Adventure". Take One's Essential Guide to Canadian Film. University of Toronto Press. pp. 201–202. ISBN 978-0802083982.
  3. ^ "The 27th Academy Awards (1955) Nominees and Winners". Oscars.org (Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences). Retrieved May 30, 2019.

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