Setting the scene at Stratford
Globe and Mail photographer Fernando Morales captures some of the behind-the-scenes preparation at the Stratford Shakespeare Festival.
Blueprints for character designs for Titus Andronicus at the Stratford Festival Theatre.Fernando Morales/The Globe and Mail
Workers at Stratford Festival theatre set the stage.Fernando Morales/The Globe and Mail
Workers at the Stratford Festival theatre roll out stage pieces.Fernando Morales/The Globe and Mail
Senior prop builder Heather Ruthig, works on the antlers of a deer for The Merry Wives of Windsor at the Stratford Festival Theatre.Fernando Morales/The Globe and Mail
Workers at the Stratford Festival theatre change the stage setup.Fernando Morales/The Globe and Mail
Master electrician Alec Cooper sets the lights in the catwalk of the Stratford Festival Theatre.Fernando Morales/The Globe and Mail
Carpenter Joe Sanders at work in the Stratford Festival scene shop.Fernando Morales/The Globe and Mail
Senior prop builder Ken Dubblestyne works on a ship for Shakespeare's Twelfth Night at the Stratford Festival props department.Fernando Morales/The Globe and Mail
Workers change the stage setup at the Stratford Festival theatre.Fernando Morales/The Globe and Mail