CONNECTION TO THE ARCHIVES
Paul Gross, who is also a well-known screen actor, scriptwriter and director, will be playing the title role in the 2023 production of King Lear. He appeared in the title role in Hamlet at the Stratford Festival more than 20 years ago.
If you could play two titular Shakespeare characters over the course of your life, which would you choose and why?

Paul Gross as Hamlet in Hamlet, 2000. Directed by Joseph Ziegler. Designed by Christina Poddubiuk. Lighting design by Louise Guinand. Sound design by Jim Neil. Photograph by Cylla von Tiedemann. Stratford Festival Archives, GPO.2000.006.0002
The Stratford Festival's Archives maintains, conserves and protects records about the Festival and makes those materials available to people around the world. Their collection contains material ranging from 1952 right up to the present and includes administrative documents, production records, photographs, design artwork, scores, audio-visual recordings, promotional materials, costumes, props, set decorations and much more. These materials are collected and preserved with the aim of documenting the history of the Festival, preserving the page-to-stage process, and capturing the creative processes involved in numerous other activities that contribute to the Festival each season.
In addition to visiting the Archives in person, you can explore a selection of their holdings via their online catalogue.