The Stratford Shakespeare festival, located in Stratford, Ontario, is North America's largest classical repertory theatre. It grew from humble beginnings in a leaky tent into a revered institution. The drama festival attracts actors, critics and theatre-goers from around the world. On this show, Rewind looks at the early days.

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The beloved singer Rita MacNeil died in April. What a lot of people might not know is that she got her start writing and singing songs for the women's liberation movement of the early 1970s.

Songs played on this show include Born a Woman, Working Man and Bring it on Home, as well as a collection of early ones.

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Canadian astronauts come to earth- Marc Garneau, Robert Bondar, Steve MacLean and Chris Hadfield, who returns to earth this month after five months on the international space station.

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A look at space predictions through the ages with the help of Bob McDonald, host of Quirks & Quarks and guest host Jeff Goodes. Rewind has dug deep into the CBC Radio archives to find predictions about space travel from the 40's through the 80's.

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A portrait in sound of one of Canada's most charismatic Prime Ministers- Pierre Elliott Trudeau. Now that his son Justin is at the helm of the Liberal party, it seemed like time to revisit the legacy of Trudeau Senior.  

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The National Farm Radio Forum. Between 1941 and 1965, when a lot of Canadians lived on the farm, it aired discussions about hot topics on everything from food rationing to whether farm women should work outside the home.

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An hour with and about Rush, one of the most successful -- and unique -- rock bands of all time. And of course they're all Canadian! 

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The Dead Dog Café Comedy Hour. Its biting satire and irreverent tone made Tom King, Jasper Friendly Bear and Grace Heavy Hand stars. And it demonstrated to all Canadians that aboriginal people have a wicked sense of humour. You can listen to the show right here!

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Max Ferguson was a true radio genius- off beat, eccentric and totally brilliant. He invented an entire repertory company of bizarre characters- all voiced by Ferguson- to amuse himself and his audience. He was known both within CBC and on air as a master satirist, philosopher and prankster.

Max Ferguson died at the beginning of March at the age of 89, and we wanted to celebrate his wit and quirkiness by repeating a Rewind program that we first aired in 2010.

Ferguson was on the air on CBC Radio- with several different programs- between 1946 and 1998, and on this Rewind you'll hear him on a program called Something to Say in 1970.

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An hour of Stompin' Tom Connors. The beloved troubadour died last week. Rewind presents songs and stories. 

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