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The English Language World Premier of Little Martyrs Creates Directorial Challenges Which Are Not Resolved.

The English Language World Premier of Little Martyrs Creates Directorial Challenges Which Are Not Resolved.

A graduate of the National Theatre School in Montreal  Dominique Parenteau-Lebeuf has had her work translated into  German, English, Bulgarian and Italian. She has also had her plays staged in festivals in Europe. The company La Baraka based in Paris, which also created  Le Collier d’Hélène by Carole Fréchette, even before it was mounted in Canada, also did the first production of Parenteau-Lebeuf’s play  Filles de Guerre lasses in 2005, the same year La Petite Scrap (original title of Little Martyrs) was published. This translation by Mishka Lavigne is the first English language version of  the play, and thus,  this  production by Evolution Theatre is  a world première.

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