L'Affaire Tartuffe, or The Garrison Officers Rehearse Molire (Performance Series) - Softcover

Ackerman, Marianne

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9780921833093: L'Affaire Tartuffe, or The Garrison Officers Rehearse Molire (Performance Series)

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ISBN 10: 0921833091 ISBN 13: 9780921833093

Publisher: Signature Editions, 1993

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It is 14 years since the Battle of the Plains of Abraham and 2 years before the American Revolution. The British garrison in Montreal is rehearsing Moli�re's Tartuffe, hoping to impress the local ladies with their French effort. Matters are complicated by the Church, however, which had banned theatre productions in Qu�bec since 1694, and is especially loathe to allow a production of the blasphemous Tartuffe. Political intrigue gets in the way too, as locals and officers get swept up the romance of the revolution to the south, plotting treason in Qu�bec. And, naturally, there is love -- alliances of the heart which respect no political, cultural or linguistic borders.

L'Affaire Tartuffe is inspired by historical fact: the first performance by anglophones in Qu�bec was put on by British garrison officers stationed in Montreal. They chose to debut with Moli�re...and they performed in French. Ackerman weaves a riveting drama of cross-cultural love affairs, the stranglehold of Church and State, and the seditious plans to join the Yankees to the south.

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"The power and the glory of Ms. Ackerman's play is the gleeful manner in which it throws down the gauntlet to challenge our worn-out, traditional views on language politics. The French argue for English, the British argue for French, and the Gaelic take shots at both of them."--Guy Sprung

"A magnificent play, a real tour de force." (La Presse)

About the Author:

Co-founder and former Artistic Director of Theatre 1774, Marianne Ackerman has written several other plays, including L'Affaire Tartuffe, C�leste, and Woman by a Window, which were published by Signature Editions (formerly Nuage Editions). Ackerman's first novel, Jump, was published by McArthur & Company.

Born in Belleville, Ontario, Ackerman studied at Carleton University, the Sorbonne and the University of Toronto. She lived in France for a number of years, and currently lives in Montreal.

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