Jean Gascon CC (December 21, 1920 â€" April 13, 1988) was a Canadian
opera director, actor, and administrator.Originally bent on a career
in medicine, Gascon abandoned it for the stage after considerable work
with amateur groups in Montreal. A scholarship in 1946 from the
Government of France enabled him to study dramatic art in Paris. He
studied with Ludmilla Pitoëff.After returning to Canada in 1951, he
co-founded Montreal's Theatre du Nouveau Monde and became its first
Artistic Director. During this time, he also started a long
association with the newly established Stratford Festival in 1956,
playing the Constable of France in Henry V and directing three farces
by Moliere. He returned to Stratford to direct Le malade imaginaire in
1958 and Othello in 1959.Between 1960 and 1963, he was founding
Administrative Director of the National Theatre School of Canada and
was awarded the Canadian Drama Award, the Prix Victor Dore.
opera director, actor, and administrator.Originally bent on a career
in medicine, Gascon abandoned it for the stage after considerable work
with amateur groups in Montreal. A scholarship in 1946 from the
Government of France enabled him to study dramatic art in Paris. He
studied with Ludmilla Pitoëff.After returning to Canada in 1951, he
co-founded Montreal's Theatre du Nouveau Monde and became its first
Artistic Director. During this time, he also started a long
association with the newly established Stratford Festival in 1956,
playing the Constable of France in Henry V and directing three farces
by Moliere. He returned to Stratford to direct Le malade imaginaire in
1958 and Othello in 1959.Between 1960 and 1963, he was founding
Administrative Director of the National Theatre School of Canada and
was awarded the Canadian Drama Award, the Prix Victor Dore.
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