Canadian Theatre Encyclopedia
Farhoud, Abla
Quebec -based actor/playwright born in Lebanon.
Mme Farhoud came to Canada in the 1950s and has been acting since she was 17, especially with Radio-Canada .
In 1965 she returned to Lebanon, settled in Paris for a while and returned to Canada in 1973. She wrote her first play while studying at the Université de Québec à Montréal. She was a member of the administrative council of the Centre des auteurs dramatiques in 1989-90.
Her newest play, Maudite machine, opened at the Théâtre du Rideau Vert , August, 2000 (directed by Louise Laprade ).
Plays include: Quand j'étais grande ( Théâtre Expérimental des Femmes , 1989, translated by Jill MacDougall as When I Grow Up), Les filles du 5-10-15 ( Théâtre de Quat'Sous , 1986, translated by MacDougall as The Girls from the Five and Ten; also produced in New York, Belgium and Limoges, France) and Jeux de patience (translated by MacDougall as Game of Patience).
Last updated 2006-08-23
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