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The Dragonfly of Chicoutimi (PCP) [1993]
Talking Bodies, collected plays: including A Trick of Fate, Anatomy Lesson, The Dragonfly of Chicoutimi and Ogre, Talonbooks, 2001
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Résumé This play was written in English by the playwright. On the heels of a severe trauma, a man loses access to his mother tongue. After a strange dream, he regains his speech, but can express himself only in English.
A francophone play written in English with a French syntax, The Dragonfly of Chicoutimi is a gripping solo piece on identity politics and alienation. Extrait « GASTON TALBOT : […] I have white hair / all those wrinkles around my eyes my lips my neck | my skin is yellow | my hands shake my legs hurt me | I have bad breath | which indicates stomach troubles | I can't eat what I want and so on and so on | my body is a total ruin » Revue de presse « Poetic Dragonfly breaks new ground… Larry Tremblay has proved himself a true innovator… Dragonfly is written with an intoxicating, poetic power and grace. » Pat Donnelly The Gazette, May 29, 1995 À propos de(s) l'auteur(s)
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