Free talks and workshops related to the 2025 season will be hosted by the Toronto, London, Hamilton and Stratford Public Libraries and Friends of the McGill Library on various dates in 2025.
Lectures are non-ticketed events. Some workshops require pre-registration through the host library. See below for more information.
Rare Books and Special Collections, McLennan Library Building, Montreal, QC or Online.
Tuesday, January 21 from
The Stratford
Festival and
Friends of the McGill Libraries
are delighted to partner once again to present the
2025 annual Shakespeare Lecture
.
This vital exchange among Antoni Cimolino, Artistic Director of the Stratford Festival, Laurette Dubé, Scientific Director of the McGill Centre for the Convergence of Health and Economics, and Paul Yachnin, Tomlinson Professor of Shakespeare Studies at McGill, will bring forward the example of
Shakespeare’s—and Antoni Cimolino’s—success and will consider what we can learn from how money and meaning clash and converge in plays such as The Merchant
of Venice and King Lear.
Learn more and register for this hybrid
event
First-Floor Auditorium, 789 Yonge Street, Toronto, ON
All lectures begin at 7 p.m.
- Tuesday, March 7: As You Like It with Misha Teramura, Assistant Professor, English, University of Toronto
- Tuesday, March 11: Sense and Sensibility with Philippa Sheppard, Lecturer, English, University of Toronto
- Tuesday, March 18: Macbeth with Jane Freeman, Director, Graduate Centre for Academic Communication, University of Toronto
- Tuesday, March 25: The Winter’s Tale with Alexander Leggatt, Professor Emeritus, English, University of Toronto
19 St. Andrew Street, Stratford, ON
The Stratford Public Library will be offering a range of programming, starting with a sneak peek behind the curtains of the 2025 season. To learn more, please visit
their website
.
- Tuesday, March 26 at 6:30 p.m.: Stratford Festival 2025 Sneak Peek - Apollo, Venus & Mars: Reflections on Harmony, Love and War