- Paul Buissonneau
Paul Buissonneau (born
24 December 1926 ,Paris , France) is a leadingfrancophone theatre director.He started his career as a singer with the French chorus "Les Compagnons de la Chanson", alongside
Édith Piaf who was also singing with the group at the time. He parted company with the chorus during a tour ofNorth America , and settled inQuebec .In 1952, the City of
Montreal appointed Buissonneau as artistic director of "La Roulotte", a parks-based outdoor theatre, which gave an early opportunity to famous Quebec artistsYvon Deschamps ,Claude Jasmin andRobert Charlebois .In 1956, he founded his own company, "Le Théâtre de Quat'Sous" (Four-penny Theatre) and served as its artistic director until 1989. Many famous Quebec playwrights began their career in this theatre, notable
Robert Lepage ,François Barbeau ,André Brassard ,René-Daniel Dubois , andLothaire Bluteau .During his 35-year career as director of the "Quat'Sous" theatre, he played and wrote numerous plays and TV shows. He is remembered for creating and bringing to life the character of "Piccolo" in the children's television series entitled "La Boîte à surprises" (The surprise box). The series started in 1954 and lasted up the early 1970s.
He received the Governor General's Performing Arts Award in 1998 and the
Prix Denise-Pelletier in 2001.ee also
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Theatre of Quebec
*Culture of Quebec
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