The Théâtre du Nouveau Monde (TNM) is a

theatre company Theatre or theater is a collaborative form of performing art that uses live performers, usually actors or actresses, to present the experience of a real or imagined event before a live audience in a specific place, often a stage. The perform ...

and

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located on rue Sainte-Catherine in

Montreal Montreal ( ; officially Montréal, ) is the List of the largest municipalities in Canada by population, second-most populous city in Canada and List of towns in Quebec, most populous city in the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian ...

Quebec Quebec ( ; )According to the Canadian government, ''Québec'' (with the acute accent) is the official name in Canadian French and ''Quebec'' (without the accent) is the province's official name in Canadian English is one of the thirtee ...

. Founded in , it launched with the classic play ''

L'Avare ''The Miser'' (french: L'Avare; ; also known by the longer name ''L'Avare ou L'École du Mensonge,'' meaning The Miser, or the School for Lies) is a five-act comedy in prose by the French playwright Molière. It was first performed on September 9 ...

'' by

Molière Jean-Baptiste Poquelin (, ; 15 January 1622 (baptised) – 17 February 1673), known by his stage name Molière (, , ), was a French playwright, actor, and poet, widely regarded as one of the greatest writers in the French language and world ...

. Initially located at the Gesù (1951–1958), it subsequently moved to the Orpheum, then after 1966 it transferred to the salle Port-Royal at

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and remained there until 1972. In 1972, the TNM bought the building where the Gayety Theatre and later the Théâtre de la Comédie-Canadienne once performed. The building was renovated in 1997 by Montreal architect

Dan Hanganu Dan Sergiu Hanganu, (January 27, 1939 – October 5, 2017) was a Romanian-born Canadian architect. Based in Montreal, Quebec, he designed a number of prominent Quebec buildings, including the new wing of the Pointe-à-Callière Museum, the HEC Mo ...

Founders

Jean-Louis Roux Jean-Louis Roux, (May 18, 1923 – November 28, 2013) was a Canadian politician, entertainer and playwright who was briefly the List of lieutenant governors of Quebec#Lieutenant Governors of Quebec, 1867–present, 26th Lieutenant Governor of Que ...

Jean Gascon Jean Gascon (December 21, 1920 – April 13, 1988) was a Canadian opera director, actor, and administrator. Career Originally bent on a career in medicine, Gascon abandoned it for the stage after considerable work with amateur groups in Mont ...

* Guy Hoffmann *

Georges Groulx Georges Groulx (June 26, 1922 – February 9, 1997) was a Canadian actor. Biography Groulx was born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

* Robert Gadouas * Éloi de Grandmont

Directors

(1951–1966) *

(1966–1982) * André Pagé (1981) * Olivier Reichenbach (1982–1992) * Lorraine Pintal (1992-)

References

External links

*
Fonds du Théâtre du nouveau monde (MSS3)
at Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec
Théâtre du Nouveau Monde fonds (R2343) at Library and Archives Canada
The fonds contains 6 prints. Theatres in Montreal 1951 establishments in Quebec Performing groups established in 1951 Dan Hanganu buildings Quartier des spectacles {{Montreal-stub

Founders

Directors

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