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unusual facts about Stratford Festival



Allan Lokos

Earlier in this life Lokos was a professional singer appearing first with the American Savoyards and then in the original Broadway productions of Oliver! and Pickwick, as well as the Stratford Festival/ Broadway production of The Pirates of Penzance.

Barbara Budd

Budd worked for five seasons as a company member at Canada's Stratford Festival under Robin Phillips (1975-1980).

Elliott Hayes

Elliott Hayes was born in Stratford, Ontario to a theatrical family, the grandson of classical actor George Hayes and the son of John Sullivan Hayes, one of the original company members of the Stratford Festival.

Stuart Hughes

Stuart Hughes (born August 9, 1959 in Toronto, Ontario) is a Canadian actor known for his leading roles on the stages of Shaw Festival, Stratford Festival, Soulpepper Theatre Company (of which he is a founding member), and many other Canadian theatre companies.

The Canvas Barricade

It won a Canadian play-writing competition held jointly by The Globe and Mail and the Stratford Festival, and had a six-performance run at the Stratford Festival in 1961.

Tsuyoshi Tsutsumi

His concert performances have taken him around the world with the most important orchestras (ORTF, Berlin Radio Symphony, Netherlands Chamber Orchestra, the Rotterdam, London, Chicago, Indianapolis, Toronto and Vancouver philharmonic orchestras, etc.) and has participated in numerous festivals like the Algoma Fall, Banff, Guelph Spring, Ontario Place, Stratford and Ravinia.


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Tom McCamus

Although McCamus proved sufficiently popular that he appeared in every episode of the first season, something that was not originally planned, he quit the show to star as Richard III and Mack the Knife at the Stratford Festival.