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| | LEVEL OF DESCRIPTION: | Fonds | | No.: | PR1574 | | TITLE: | Théâtre français d’Edmonton fonds | | CREATOR: | Théâtre français d’Edmonton | | DATE RANGE: | 1969-1992 | | EXTENT: | 1.93 m of textual records and other material
Includes ca. 4000 negatives, ca. 3500 photographs, ca. 500 transparencies, ca. 50 posters and 4 videotapes. | | ADMINISTRATIVE | | HISTORY/BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH: | In 1968 the Francophone theatre groups Le Rideau Rouge and Des Collégiens united under the name Théâtre français d'Edmonton (T.F.E.) through the efforts of France Levasseur, Réginald Bigras, Claude Ouimet and Jean Fortier. The T.F.E. functioned without an organizational structure until October 1969, when it established a board of directors with Hélène Narayana as its first president. In 1970 Julien Forcier was hired as its first professional artistic director. The semiprofessional theatre company was run by members of Edmonton's Francophone community. Its objective was to promote and develop the French culture and language in Edmonton and throughout Alberta through theatre. The Théâtre français d'Edmonton was incorporated under the Societies Act on May 14, 1979. The T.F.E. presented shows at the Faculté Saint-Jean and in 1981 it held Alberta's first Francophone theatre festival. T.F.E. also participated in tours and festivals in Canada, France, Luxembourg and Germany. In 1992 the Théâtre français d'Edmonton amalgamated with Boîte à Popicos to form L'UniThéâtre. | | SCOPE AND CONTENT: | The fonds consists the records of Théâtre français d'Edmonton and includes a draft of a history about T.F.E., correspondence, minutes, reports, grant applications, touring schedules, budgets, financial statements and other financial records, press releases, contracts, newspaper articles, scripts, costume and set designs, bylaws, pamphlets, programs, photographs and negatives of productions, and videos of Au Petite Bonheur, Piege Pour un Homme, Les Grands Departs and Les Fourberies de Scapin.
| | LANGUAGE NOTE: | The material is in French and English. | | RELATED RECORDS: | Also see the Boîte à Popicos fonds at the Provincial Archives of Alberta. | | GENERAL NOTE: | Information for the administrative history is from the records and http://collections.ic.gc.ca/ABpresse/FrancoSection/F_Arts.html, accessed March 2, 2005.
Included in PR1985.0438 were records from Radio-Canada Lté. fonds (PR3332).
Included in PR1996.0387 were records for the Metro Cinema Society fonds.
For the French version of this description, click here. | | RELATED FONDS: | SL1574 (Fonds Théâtre français d'Edmonton)
| | RELATED FILES: | Display FileList |
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