It was premiere night Tuesday for the Théâtre 100 Masques. For its 25th summer production, the Saguenay company presents a play by Molière entitled George Dandin or the Confused Husband at Côté Cour de Jonquière.
years specifically to do summer theater and at the time, we said to ourselves that we were going to do summer repertory theater. This is the 6thpiece by Molière that we do in 25years. It’s an astonishing play, which was written in 1668″,”text”:”We were founded 25 years ago specifically to do summer theater and at the time, we said to ourselves that we was going to do summer repertory theater. This is the 6th play by Molière that we have done in 25 years. It’s an amazing piece, which was written in 1668″}}”>We were founded 25 years ago specifically to do summer theater and at the time, we said to ourselves that we were going to do repertory summer theater. This is the 6th Molière play that we have done in 25 years. It is an amazing play, which was written in 1668.
says director and artistic director Dario Larouche.
It features a wealthy landowner who attempts to rise in society by purchasing the debts of an aristocratic family and contracted to marry their only daughter.
Rue Duplessis, which talks about class defectors. The play Georges Dandin is exactly that”,”text”:”He’s a character who tries to change class, but everyone reminds him that he doesn’t come from that background. When we started rehearsing, Jean-Philippe Pleau from Radio-Canada released his essay Rue Duplessis, which talks about class defectors. The play Georges Dandin is exactly that”}}”>He’s a character who tries to change classes, but everyone reminds him that he doesn’t come from that background. When we started rehearsing, Jean-Philippe Pleau from Radio-Canada released his essay Rue Duplessis which speaks of class defector. The Georges Dandin piece is exactly that
underlines Dario Larouche.
He’s someone who tried to change his social environment through money, but it didn’t work. He does not recognize himself in the environment where he is and the environment where he goes, no one recognizes him
he continues.
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For its 25th summer production, the Théâtre 100 Masques presents a play by Molière entitled George Dandin or the Confused Husband at Côté Cour de Jonquière.
Photo : Radio-Canada / Julie Larouche
Seven actresses meet on stage for this summer vintage in a gallery of colorful and caricatured characters.
We took the text, without going with the literary charge. So the text of Molière, we put it in our words,
underlines Dario Larouche.
We have updated the way of speaking a little, but otherwise in the words, it is still very relevant
recalls for his part the actor Pierre Tremblay.
The play runs Tuesday through Thursday until July 18.
