Ontario festival to show Bard's works in HD

The Stratford Festival in Canada will this year commemorate the 400th anniversary of William Shakespeare's death by broadcasting three more of the Bard's work in high-definition, including Hamlet.

The Ontario-based festival is attempting to broadcast the complete works of Shakespeare around the world over the next 10 years. It will kick off the next block of shows with Hamlet starring Jonathan Goad on April 24, The Adventures of Pericles beginning on May 8 and The Taming of the Shrew beginning on May 29.

"I think it's got great balance. Hamlet is the seminal title in terms of the oeuvre. Then you've got a great comedy like The Shrew, and then a romance. So it has nice balance in terms of Shakespeare's work," says festival artistic director Antoni Cimolino, who also directed Hamlet.