Canadian Theatre Encyclopedia
Auberge des morts subites
Fantastical play in two acts by Félix Leclerc, premiered at Salle du Gésu, January 24, 1963, directed by Yves Massicotte with a set by Jean-Louis Garceau. The premiere featured Lise L'Heureux, Jean-Louis Paris, Louis DeSantis, Paul Hébert, Janine Sutto, Jean Lajeunesse, Roger Garceau, Guy L'Écuyer and Claude Saint-Denis.
In this lighter version of Sartre's No Exit, we are in an inn between Earth and Heaven. Lost souls with nothing in common (a rustic, an intellectual, a pretentious actress, an anglophone Toronto businessman etc.), plot to get out of this Purgatory. They conspire with the devil to corrupt an angel.
A quiet, but critical consideration of the values of Quebec society, the play is still performed by schools and amateur societies across Quebec, and recently revived, at its original venue, by the Théâtre Longue Vue.
Readings: Félix Leclerc. L'Auberge des morts subites. Montreal: Éditions internationales Alain Stanké ltée, 1987.
Commentary by Gaetan Charlebois
Last updated 2020-02-27
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