Pol Pelletier
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| birth_place = Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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Pol Pelletier (born Nicole Pelletier, November 6, 1947) is a Canadian actor, director, and playwright. Pelletier is an influential figure in experimental and feminist theatre in Quebec.
Early life and education
Nicole Pelletier was born on November 6, 1947, in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.{{Cite web |last=Sylvestre |first=Paul-François |date=2007-11-06 |title=Naissance de Pol Pelletier, femme de théâtre |url=https://l-express.ca/naissance-de-pol-pelletier-femme-de-theatre/ |archive-url=https://archive.wikiwix.com/cache/index2.php?url=https%3A%2F%2Fl-express.ca%2Fnaissance-de-pol-pelletier-femme-de-theatre%2F#federation=archive.wikiwix.com&tab=url |archive-date=2023-10-01 |access-date=2024-06-05 |website=l-express.ca |language=fr-CA}} She is the eldest sister of Francine Pelletier. She studied French literature at the University of Ottawa.{{Cite news |last=Petrowski |first=Nathalie |date=2009-10-03 |title=Pol Pelletier, mère Courage |url=https://www.lapresse.ca/arts/spectacles-et-theatre/200910/03/01-908170-pol-pelletier-mere-courage.php |archive-url=https://archive.wikiwix.com/cache/index2.php?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.lapresse.ca%2Farts%2Fspectacles-et-theatre%2F200910%2F03%2F01-908170-pol-pelletier-mere-courage.php#federation=archive.wikiwix.com&tab=url |archive-date=2022-05-17 |access-date=2024-06-04 |work=La Presse |language=fr-CA}}
Career
Pelletier co-founded the Théâtre Expérimental de Montréal (TEM) in 1975 with Jean-Pierre Ronfard and Robert Gravel, and the Théâtre Expérimental des Femmes (TEF) with Louise Laprade and Nicole Lecavalier in 1979. She resigned from TEF in 1985.{{Cite journal |last=Forsyth |first=Louise H. |date=2004-01-01 |title=Self-Portrait of the Artist as Radical Feminist in Experimental Theatre: Joie by Pol Pelletier |url=https://journals.lib.unb.ca/index.php/TRIC/article/view/4659 |journal=Theatre Research in Canada / Recherches théâtrales au Canada |volume=25 |pages=184–201 |doi=10.3138/tric.25.1_2.184 |language=en |issn=1913-9101|url-access=subscription }} In 1988, she founded DOJO, later depicted in Stéphane Leclair's 2001 documentary, Histoire d'un DOJO.{{Cite journal |last=Wickham |first=Philip |date=2004 |title=L'art de la guérison : Casa Lorna. Journal de bord et Histoire d'un DOJO |url=https://www.erudit.org/fr/revues/jeu/2004-n110-jeu1111434/25616ac.pdf |journal=Jeu |volume=110 |pages=173–176}}
Works
= Plays =
- La Nef des sorcières (collective creation, 1976)
- A ma mère, à ma mère, à ma voisine (collective creation – TEM)
- La Lumière blanche
- La Trilogies des histoires
- Joie (1992)
- Océan (1996)
- Or (1997)
- Cérémonie d’Adieu (1999)
- Nicole, c'est moi
Personal life
References
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External links
- {{Official website|https://polpelletier.com}}
- {{IMDb name|nm1816348}}
- [https://www.canadiantheatre.com/dict.pl?term=Pol%20Pelletier Pol Pelletier at the Canadian Theatre Encyclopedia]
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Category:University of Ottawa alumni
Category:Canadian women dramatists and playwrights
Category:Canadian stage actresses
Category:Canadian theatre directors
Category:20th-century Canadian dramatists and playwrights
Category:20th-century Canadian women writers
Category:20th-century Canadian actresses
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Category:21st-century Canadian women writers
Category:21st-century Canadian actresses