Robert Gravel
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Robert Gravel (14 September 1944, – 12 August 1996) was an actor, dramatist, theatrical director and teacher.
[edit] Career
Gravel was born in Montreal and is one of the most influential figures in the modern history of theater in Quebec[1]. In the middle of the 1970s, Gravel, Jean-Pierre Ronfard and Pol Pelletier co-founded the Théâtre Expérimental de Montréal (TEM). Later ideological conflicts, led to the foundation of the Nouveau Théâtre Expérimental.
In 1977, Gravel co-founded whit Yvon Leduc the highly successful Ligue Nationale d'Improvisation. He died in Saint-Gabriel-de-Brandon, Quebec.
[edit] References
- Raymond Plante, Robert Gravel, sur les pistes du cheval indompté, Éditions les 400 coups, 2004.
- Club-Culture report after Gravel's death
- ^ "Canadian Theatre Encyclopedie". http://www.canadiantheatre.com/dict.pl?term=Robert%20Gravel. Retrieved April 20, 2010.
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