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ROBERT LEPAGE (1957 - ) |
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Nationality: Canadian Email: n/a Website: Click here to visit |
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Robert Lepage was born on December 12th 1957 in Quebec City, Quebec. His mother, Germaine, had had several miscarriages and so his parents decided to adopt. They had adopted a boy and a girl and then his mother became pregnant again and the result was Robert. Later a sister, Linda was born - Linda is now his personal manager. When he was five he was diagnosed with a rare form of alopecia which meant that he lost all body hair. It is said that he now has a wardrobe full of wigs. He was bullied at school and became depressed. In his teens he tried smoking a joint, it had opium in it and he had an allergic reaction and he nearly died and this led to a complete breakdown. Robert had panic attacks and became acrophobic. He took drama lessons to overcome his shyness and found something that he loved. He attended the Conservatoire d'Art Dramatique in Quebec and Alan Knaipp's theatre school in Paris. Returning from France he began writing and directing. One of the actresses in the theatre company he was in - Theatre Humm - was raped and murdered and the police decided that Robert was their main suspect. He was not able to clear his name for two years. Actually it was two years, two months and two days after the murder that an unstable numerologist confessed. Lepage used the experience to write "Polygraph" (he had had to take one during the police investigation). In 1994 he founded Ex Machina a multi disciplinary theatre group. Also in 1994 he was putting "Needles and Opium" on in Chicago. One morning he went to a workshop led by Kevin McCoy, actor and writer. They met again that evening at a party. The next evening they went out for a meal and as Kevin said "The rest is history. It was both a simple and momentous beginning". They had a long distance relationship and in 1997 Kevin moved to Quebec to be with Robert.
Plays by Robert Lepage
Andersen Project, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | 2006 | |||||
Company: | Ex Machina | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #19746 | |||
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Genre: | Piece | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | - | ||
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Synopsis: | Uses Hans Christian Anderson's life as a starting point from which to explore loneliness, guilt and the restless relationship between creativity and destructiveness. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Blue Dragon, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | The Fei and Milton Wong Experimental Theatre at SFU Woodward's development in downtown Vancouver, 149 West Hastings Street, Vancouver | 02 Feb 2010 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #112435 | |||
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Genre: | 105 min Piece | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 1 | ||
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Notes: | conceived by Marie Michaud and Robert Lepage. Performed in English, French and Mandarin with English surtitles | |||||
Synopsis: | Robert Lepage superbly performs in this sequel to his 1985 breakthrough masterpiece The Dragons' Trilogy , marking the return of that play's central figure artist Pierre Lamontagne who resurfaces in Shanghai 20 years later. Set in the effervescent paradox that is modern China, this new instalment focuses on Lamontagne's encounters with a former student classmate and a young Chinese conceptual artist. As the lives of these individuals collide, unexpected doors open, bringing about fundamental changes for each of them. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Busker's Opera, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Montreal High Lights Festival | 2004 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #125557 | |||
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Genre: | n/a | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Notes: | Music by Fredericke Bedard, Martin Belanger, Julie Fainer, Claire Gignac, Frederic Lebrasseur, Veronika Maldissi-Warren, Kevin McCoy; Steve Normandin, Marco Polin, Jean Rene; book by Robert Lepage; Kevin McCoy. Based on "The Beggar's Opera" by John Gay | |||||
Synopsis: | Starting in London and then transferring to New York and all across America but the characters are no longer crooks but buskers. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Circulations | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | 1984 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #20656 | |||
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| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Notes: | Performed in English and French | |||||
Synopsis: | A young woman travels from Canada to New York to try and sort out her family history | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde | ||
| 1st Produced: | 1991 | |||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #20657 | |||
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| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Notes: | By Robert Lepage And Others; Full Version | |||||
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Dragons Trilogy, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
Company: | Barbican/Young Vic/Ex Machina | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #45357 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 4 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Written with Marie Brassard, Jean Casault, Lorraine Cote, Marie Cignac, Marie Michauld | |||||
Synopsis: | Francoise and Jeanne are twelve and inseparable. They play shops. With shoe boxes they have made an entire shopping street. Jeanne is fascinated with the red hair of one of the customers at her father's barbershop. An Englishman arrives wanting to set up shop in Quebec City. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Elsinore | ||
| 1st Produced: | 1996 | |||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #20658 | |||
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Genre: | Devised Piece | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | - | ||
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Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | A one man "Hamlet" | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Eonnagata | ||
| 1st Produced: | Sadlers Wells, London | 2009 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #92265 | |||
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Genre: | Piece | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Notes: | dancer Sylvie Guillem and choreographer Russell Maliphant | |||||
Synopsis: | It tells the story of the Chevalier d'eon, Charles de Beaumont - diplomat, writer, swordsman and a member of the King's Secret, a network of spies under the control of Louis XV. De Beaumont was perhaps the first spy to use transvestitism in the furtherance of his duties and until the day he died his true gender was a source of constant speculation, even provoking public bets in the late 18th century. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Far Side of the Moon, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Theatre du Trident, Quebec | 2000 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #20659 | |||
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Genre: | Solo Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | - | ||
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Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | Two brothers grieve over the death of their mother. Meanwhile, in space Russian cosmonaut Leonid prepares to walk in space. There are plans to build an elevator to take people from Earth up into space | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Geometry of Miracles | ||
| 1st Produced: | 1999 | |||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #20661 | |||
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Synopsis: | Architect Frank Lloyd Wright and the influence on him and his work by his second wife Olgivanna | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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In The Meantime | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | 1982 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #20662 | |||
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Lipsynch | ||
| 1st Produced: | Quebec | 2002 | ||||
Company: | Ex Machina | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #89310 | |||
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Genre: | Piece | |||||
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Synopsis: | Lipsynch is structured in nine units, each of which concentrates on a figure from the floating gallery of characters who populate a series of overlapping plots,building to an exquisitely moving and unexpected climax. As so often in Lepage's work, the protagonists find themselves adrift in the world and, as we follow their journeys, we become deeply involved in their search for identity. The production moves from war-torn Vienna to pre-revolutionary Nicaragua and contemporary London, encountering those who have lost the power of speech, are tangled in linguistic confusion or for whom reality and imagination have become indistinguishable. From the primal sounds of a baby's cry to the sophistication of an operatic aria, their interwoven destinies create a startling and tender montage of humanity. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Needles and Opium | ||
| 1st Produced: | 1992 | |||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #20663 | |||
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Genre: | Monologue play | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | - | ||
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Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | Love and addiction in the lives of Miles Davis and Jean Cocteau | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Polygraph | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | 1988 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Playwrights Co-op, Toronto, | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #20664 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 1 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Translated by Gyllian Raby. / written by Brassard, Marie and Lepage, Robert | |||||
Synopsis: | An actress is raped and murdered | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Seven Streams Of The River Ota | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | ISBN/ASIN: | - | ||||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #76014 | |||
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Genre: | n/a | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 19 | Female | 5 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | by Eric Bernier, Robert Lepage | |||||
Synopsis: | Death in a concentration camp. Death in the Hiroshima A-bomb blast. Death by assisted suicide by an AIDS sufferer | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Tectonic Plates | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | 1989 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #20665 | |||
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VInci | ||
| 1st Produced: | 1987 | |||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #20666 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
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