Synopses & Reviews
Assorted Candies for the Theatre is a stage adaptation of Michel Tremblays fourth book of autobiographical sketches, Bonbons Assortis / Assorted Candies, offering a rich and colorful cast of characters in this exquisite remembrance of childhood past in Montreal's Plateau Mont-Royal neighborhood.
Review
"Its . . . filled with primal privations and inspirations of awe . . . " --Globe and Mail
Review
Its vintage Tremblay (out-Prousting Proust), filled with primal privations and inspirations of awe, a familys love and terrors, the stuff that makes a writer a writer: Family. Church. Lust. Poverty. The whole enthralling works.”
Globe and Mail
Synopsis
Assorted Candies for the Theatre is a stage adaptation of Michel Tremblay's fourth book of autobiographical sketches, Bonbons Assortis / Assorted Candies, offering a rich and colourful cast of characters in this exquisite remembrance of childhood past in Montreal's Plateau Mont-Royal neighbourhood.
Much more than a mere adaptation of a prose memoir for the stage, in re-crafting his characters from the realm of thought and memory to the present action of the theatre, Tremblay generously reveals how it's done.
Synopsis
A remembrance of childhood in Montreals Plateau Mont-Royal neighbourhood, recrafted for the stage. Cast of 3 women and 4 men.
About the Author
Michel TremblayOne of the most produced and the most prominent playwrights in the history of Canadian theatre, Michel Tremblay has received countless prestigious honours and accolades. His dramatic, literary and autobiographical works have long enjoyed remarkable international popularity, including translations of his plays that have achieved huge success in Europe, the Americas and the Middle East.
Awards and Recognition*
Prix du Grand (2009) La Traversée de la ville (Leméac Editeur Inc.)
Blue Metropolis International Literary Grand Prix (2006)
Globe and Mail Top 100 Books (2003) Birth of a Bookworm
Dora Mavor Moore Award for Outstanding New Play (2000) For the Pleasure of Seeing Her Again
Chalmers Awards (1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1978, 1986, 1989, 2000)
Governor Generals Performing Arts Award (1999)
Molson Prize for Lifetime Achievement in the Arts (1994)
Louis-Hémon Prize (1994)
Montreal Book Fair Grand Public Prize (1994)
Banff Centre National Award (1992)
Officer of the Order of Arts and Letters of France (1991)
Chevalier of the Order of Quebec (1990)
San Francisco Lesbian and Gay Festival Long-Standing Public Service Award (1989)
CBC Anik Prize (1988)
Athanase-David Lifetime Achievement Prize (1988)
Quebec-Paris Prize (1985)
Chevalier of Arts and Letters of France (1984).
Linda Gaboriau
Linda Gaboriau is an award-winning literary translator based in Montreal. Her translations of plays by Quebecs most prominent playwrights have been published and produced across Canada and abroad. In her work as a literary manager and dramaturge, she has directed numerous translation residencies and international exchange projects. She was the founding director of the Banff International Literary Translation Centre. Most recently she won the 2010 Governor Generals Award for Forests, her translation of the play by Wajdi Mouawad.