Special events
Join us at events, lectures and more in a community celebration of the Bard
Fall 2013
This six-week special event, starting on September 10th, is is a community celebration of the Bard with exhibits and special events to engage the young at heart—children, youth, and adults.
Venues include libraries, theatres, art galleries, classrooms, concert halls, and pubs. For more information visit UVic's Internet Shakespeare Editions.
See the full schedule of events. The following exhibitions are free and open to the public:
Falstaff and Music exhibit tour
Mearns Centre for Learning–McPherson Library
Special Collections/lower level Room A005
Wednesday, 16 October, 3:00 to 4:30 p.m.
The "Shakespeare and Music" exhibit currently on display traces Shakespeare's character Falstaff as the inspiration for plays, visual art, stage productions, and films as well as for music and opera. During the exhibit tour, the curators will introduce and explain the Falstaff-related rare books, scores, and performance artefacts from UVic's Special Collections. This event is free and open to the public.
The Falstaff and Music exhibit
Mearns Centre for Learning–McPherson Library,
Special Collections/lower level Room A005
Monday–Friday, 8:30 a.m.–4:30 p.m.
September 16–November 29, 2013
Shakespeare’s character of Falstaff has inspired composers over the centuries. Trace Falstaff’s history through this exhibit of rare books, scores, and performance artifacts from the University of Victoria’s Special Collections.
Shakespeare’s “Big Books”
Legacy Art Gallery, 630 Yates Street
Wednesday–Saturday, 10:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m.
September 21–October 23, 2013
The Shakespeare First Folio (courtesy of the Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, University of Toronto) is the first collected edition of his plays. Discover why these iconic books have held people’s fascination through the centuries, and see all four 17th-century folios together for the first time in BC.