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Les Belles Soeurs
Les Belles Soeurs | Michel Tremblay, John Van Burek, Bill Glassco
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A housewife wins a million trading-stamps and invites her friends over to paste them into books. Cast of 15 women.
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Lindy
Les Belles Soeurs | Michel Tremblay, John Van Burek, Bill Glassco
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I read this on the plane on my way to the Stratford Festival (in Ontario) in preparation for seeing an English language performance of Michel Tremblay‘s classic. 15 working class women in 1960s Montreal with a lot to say about their lot in life: I loved it. I also love the colloquial language it‘s written in. #CanLit

Dilara How did the translator deal with joual? 6mo
Lindy @Dilara I was disappointed in that. It was regular conversational English. Some Canadianisms like eh at the end of sentences. 6mo
Dilara @Lindy That's better than nothing 😜 6mo
Lindy @Dilara I guess 🤷‍♀️ 6mo
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Lindy
Les Belles Soeurs | Michel Tremblay, John Van Burek, Bill Glassco
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8 plays in 5 days: a 4-minute booktube vlog - Day 1 at the Stratford Festival

https://youtu.be/BTacJSpYidY

#theatre #shakespeare

TheKidUpstairs I've heard such great things about this year's festival, especially Les Belles-Souers. 6mo
Singout Great play! One of my faves in my Québecois theater class. 6mo
Lindy @TheKidUpstairs @Singout Thanks! Although I‘ve wanted to for years, I had never seen any version of the play. I read the original text on the plane on my way to the festival. It was a fine performance and I‘m looking forward to the other shows this week. 6mo
Singout Have you ever seen Les fées ont soif? It blew my 20-year-old self away, although it was very much second-wave feminism. Banned in Quebec for a long time. 6mo
Lindy @Singout Hadn‘t even heard of it. Now I want to see it. 😁 6mo
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rabbitprincess
Les Belles Soeurs | Michel Tremblay, John Van Burek, Bill Glassco
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A low pick for its place in Quebec theatre history. Tremblay was one of the first playwrights to use joual in his work, and the vernacular is certainly an adventure if you‘re not used to Quebec French 😂 I was not fond of solid walls of text some characters spoke; the bantering scenes were more effective.

Josee.lit.a.lu.et.lira I never read “Les belles soeurs” but I‘ve read a few other Tremblay❣️ I saw the play about 10-15 years ago, memorable cast of women 😊 (edited) 4y
rabbitprincess @Josee.a.lu.lit.et.lira It would be a lively one to see on stage! 4y
Josee.lit.a.lu.et.lira @rabbitprincess it sure was, to add to the dynamic, it was a musical 🎶 😉 4y
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Emm1
Les Belles Soeurs | Michel Tremblay, John Van Burek, Bill Glassco
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Not very appreciable for our generation.

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writerlibrarian
Les Belles Soeurs | Michel Tremblay, John Van Burek, Bill Glassco
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This is not the play I'm seeing tonight but another one, in musical form. Should be fun. #happinessisresistance

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tournevis
Les Belles Soeurs | Michel Tremblay, John Van Burek, Bill Glassco
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Day 27 of #riotgrams #riotgram is #doorstoppers. Some I own, some I saw yesterday. All hurt.

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jessicarenee
Les Belles Soeurs | Michel Tremblay, John Van Burek, Bill Glassco
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#seasonsreadings2016 #notinenglish well I'm a day late but here's a few of my favorite French titles.

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