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Personalities in the News : Gratien Gélinas

Item number (ISN):

281562

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Date:

1946-11-20

Item number (ISN):

281562

Type of material:

Sound recordings

Found in:

Archives / Film, Video and Sound

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Fonds/collection:

GÉLINAS, Gratien

Accession:

1997-0361

Media:

Sound

Part:

1 of 1

Production date:

1946-11-20

Production company:

CJAD

Production credit:

commentator/interviewer, Cécile Bouchard

Description:

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Cécile Bouchard meets Gratien Gélinas, whom she calls "Canada's greatest artist," as "Fridolin" is playing for an eight week period at the Monument National in Montreal. In this conversation, Gélinas recalls how his interest in the entertainment business started, while as a young boy he was producing and improvising puppet shows for his friends and family. When a teenager, he got to play many roles in school productions and adapted many gags, but he had his first taste at real success when he wrote his monologue "Le bon petit garçon et le méchant petit garçon". He then produced and wrote many radio programs, created "Fridolin", then quit the radio business to devote himself entirely to stage work. When talking about Fridolin's representations in Chicago, he comments that people enjoy the same kind of humour regardless of nationality and language. He adds that he has just been asked to perform "Fridolin" in Paris, but comments that he will have to think seriously about it because it implies a lot of responsabilities. His point of view on the evolution of the theatre is that audiences want to see reflections of themselves as in a mirror. This is why Canadians should write about issues that matter to them. Gélinas explains how he works with so many characters: unlike some who play the character, he lives it by moving and feeling like his "personnages". He announces that his plans for the future: to propose an English version of "Fridolin". <14mn 21s>

Language:

English

Notes:

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1. Item found on side B of tape no. 9.~2. Sound recording over 50 years : copyright expired.

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Vault ISN:

354456

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

1997-0361/009

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

CASSETTE

Technical description:

POLY

Duration:

26:15

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

ORIG

Vault ISN:

354580

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

A1 2001-01-0049

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

CD

Duration:

42:30

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

536526

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

281562-1997-0361-009-S2.wav

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

WAV

Duration:

15:36

Made from:

1997-0361/009

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

544602

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

281562-1997-0361-009-S2.mp3

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

MP3

Duration:

15:36

Made from:

1997-0361/009

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

1000819

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

A4 2001-01-0049

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

CD

Made from:

1997-0361/004
1997-0361/005

Status:

MASTER
Ordering and viewing options

Conditions of access:

Open

Consultation copy number:

A1 2001-01-0049

Restrictions on consultation:

No Restrictions / Pas de restrictions

Copyright status:

Copyright expired.

Reproduction access:

avec la permission écrite du propriétaire des droits d'auteur : avec la permission de Michel GelinasGratien Gélinas est représenté par Michel Gélinas (fils), mandataire et fondé de pouvoir.Le copyright du materiel dont il est l'auteur cessera d'etre en vigueur le 31 december 2049.

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