1996
THÉÂTRES DU MONDE — 1ST EDITION
Le Tartuffe
Benno Besson (Switzerland)Le Tartuffe
The name Benno Besson recalls the memorable performance of Carlo Gozzi’s l’Oiseau vert that the Comédie de Genève brought to Théâtre Denise-Pelletier in 1985. Benno Besson is back to delight Montréal audiences with Molière’s le Tartuffe.
Oh les beaux jours
Peter Brook (Switzerland)Oh les beaux jours
“When we attack Beckett for pessimism it is we who are the Beckett characters trapped in a Beckett scene.
The Waste Land
Deborah Warner (Great Britain)The Waste Land
Acclaimed around the world for her productions with the Royal Shakespeare Company and the Royal National Theatre as well as her work in opera, Deborah Warner takes The Waste Land, a landmark of 20th-century literature, to a place where architecture and poetry are intimately related.
