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Seeing French Theatre in Canada

• From east to west
• Quebec and French-Canadian theatre artists
  • Playwrights
  • Directors
  • Designers
  • Actors
• Video interviews

Canadian theatre artists

Meet some of Canada’s Great French theatre artists. This section features ten artists in four categories.

Playwrights

• Gratien Gélinas
• Claude Gauvreau
• Réjean Ducharme
• Michel Tremblay
• Normand Chaurette
• Michel Marc Bouchard
• Jean-Marc Dalpé
• Carole Fréchette
• Daniel Danis
• Wajdi Mouawad

Directors

• Jean Gascon
• Paul Buissonneau
• Jean-Pierre Ronfard
• André Brassard
• Gilles Maheu
• Brigitte Haentjens
• Lorraine Pintal
• Denis Marleau
• Robert Lepage
• Serge Denoncourt

Designers

• Robert Prévost
• Claude Goyette
• Danièle Lévesque
• Jean Hazel
• François Barbeau
• Mérédith Caron
• Michel Smith
• Denis Gougeon
• Michel Beaulieu
• Guy Simard

Actors

• Denise Pelletier
• Jean Duceppe
• Gilles Pelletier
• Jean-Louis Roux
• Hélène Loiselle
• Monique Mercure
• Gabriel Arcand
• Marc Béland
• Sylvie Drapeau
• Pascale Montpetit

Video interviews

This section ends with a series of video interviews featuring

• Joël Beddows – Artistic Director and theatre director
• Julie Charland – Costume designer
• Marie Gignac – Actor
• Annick LaBissonnière – Set designer
• Denis Marleau – Artistic director of National Arts Centre French Theatre and Theatre Director
• Claude Poissant – Director and Actor
• Marie-Pierre Simard – Puppeteer

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