Tremblay’s caracters weave their tail of booze and drunkenness: a Greek chorus materializes from the troubled mind of Marcel, persued by the Hounds.
Matt Smith and Manon
Dumas in Marcel poursuivi par les chiens.
The Carleton Tavern is the perfect venue for this intense little drama by Michel Tremblay, which opened this weekend in Ottawa’s west end theatre district! Marcel Pursued by the Hounds was first staged in French in 1992 and this translation by John Van Burek and Bill Glassco while not respecting the levels of popular vernacular that are so central to Tremblay,s plays, seems to give directors Lisa Zanyk and Donnie Laflamme, a lot of scope to play with language. This play i another one of his works that completes the geneology of all the characters who make up the extended family of Albertine, living on the Plateau in Montréal .