Anne Legault (born July 7, 1958) is a

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actor, writer and educator. She was born in Lachine and studied at the

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. Legault performed in children's theatre and on television before she began writing in 1984. Between 1984 and 1994, six of her plays were produced in theatres in

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. She received the

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in 1986 for her play ''La Visite des sauvages''. English translations of two of her plays ''O'Neill'' and ''Alma and Mrs Woolf : An Imaginary Encounter'' were produced in

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Selected works

* ''Les ailes ou La maison cassée'' (1985) * ''Signer'' (1988), about the people who signed the

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manifesto * ''O'Neill'' (1990), about playwright

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* ''Conte d'hiver '70'' (1992), about the

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* ''La balance'' (1996), based on

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's play ''

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'' * ''La mémoire de Rhéa'' (1994) * ''Une fille pas comme les autres'', youth novel (1997), illustrated by Leanne Franson

References

1958 births Living people Canadian dramatists and playwrights in French Governor General's Award-winning dramatists Canadian women dramatists and playwrights Canadian stage actresses Canadian television actresses 20th-century Canadian actresses 20th-century Canadian dramatists and playwrights 20th-century Canadian novelists 20th-century Canadian women writers Canadian women novelists Canadian novelists in French People from Lachine, Quebec Writers from Montreal Actresses from Montreal {{Quebec-writer-stub