Lilies - by Michael Marc Bouchard (Paperback)

About the Book

A revival of a romantic drama, Simon Doucet re-enacts for Jean Bilodeau, now a Catholic bishop, their past as lovers while rehearsing The Martyrdom of Saint Sebastien.

Book Synopsis

A revival of a romantic drama, Simon Doucet re-enacts for Jean Bilodeau, now a Catholic bishop, their past as lovers while rehearsing The Martyrdom of Saint Sebastien.

About the Author

Michel Marc Bouchard is a playwright and actor. After graduating from Université d'Ottawa in theatre studies, he worked in various Franco-Ontarian theatres as dramaturge and actor. His first play, Les Porteurs d'eau, was staged by the Théâtre du Nouvel-Ontario in Sudbury in 1981, followed by La Contre-Nature de Chrysippe Tanguay, écologiste (1983), which attracted much positive attention from critics. Bouchard's greatest success to date came with Les Feluettes (1987), translated as Lilies (1988) and now considered one of the major works of modern Canadian theatre (it won both the Dora Mavor Moore Award and the Chalmers Canadian Play Award in 1991). It has played with great success at renowed venues across Canada, France, Italy, Holland, Mexico and Uruguay; and it has been translated into several languages. An English-language film version was completed in 1996. Bouchard is the author of more than twenty plays, most notably La Poupée de Pélopia (1984), Les Muses orphelines (1988), and the political allegory Le Voyage du Couronnement (1995).

Linda Gaboriau is an award-winning literary translator and dramaturg based in Montreal. She has translated over 150 plays and novels from the French. Her translations of works by Quebec's most prominent playwrights have been published and produced across Canada and abroad. She has directed numerous translation residencies, and from 2002 to 2007 she was the founding director of the Banff International Literary Translation Centre. Her drama translations have garnered many awards, including three Governor General's Literary Awards for Translation. In 2015 she was named a member of the Order of Canada, and in 2023 an Officer of l'Ordre national du Québec.