Backyard Theatre

197327 min 8 secFilm: Documentary

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Production: Jean-V. DufresneIan McLaren

Playwright Michel Tremblay and director André Brassard have a talent for capturing the earthy wit and joual (slang) of Montréal's east-end working-class neighbourhood, rendering them into live theatre described by some critics as 'outrageously funny.' Both their vision and their style have had an important influence on other Québec artists. We experience Les belles-soeurs and Demain matin, Montréal m'attend, as well as an impromptu bit of playacting by the cast of the two plays.

Subject categories


  • Literature and Language - Canada > French-language WritersPortraitsQuebec Literature
  • Theater > Portraits
  • Literature and Language > Portraits

Credits


producer
Jean-V. Dufresne
Ian McLaren
photography
Jean-Pierre Lachapelle
sound
Claude Lefebvre
Jean-Guy Normandin
sound editing
André Galbrand
re-recording
Jean-Pierre Joutel
participation
Ève Gagnier
Amulette Garneau
Mireille Lachance
Monique Mercure
Denise Morelle
Denise Filiatrault
Louise Forestier
Claude Gai
Odette Gagnon
André Montmorency
Normand Morin
Michel Tremblay
André Brassard