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Robert Gravel (14 September 1944 – 12 August 1996) was an actor, dramatist, theatrical director and teacher.

Career

Gravel was born in Montreal. He was an influential figure in the modern history of theatre in Quebec. In the middle of the 1970s, Gravel, Jean-Pierre Ronfard and Pol Pelletier co-founded the Théâtre Expérimental de Montréal (TEM). Later ideological conflicts led to the foundation of the Nouveau Théâtre Expérimental.

In 1977, Gravel co-founded with Yvon Leduc the highly successful Ligue Nationale d'Improvisation. He died in Saint-Gabriel-de-Brandon in 1996 and was entombed at the Notre Dame des Neiges Cemetery in Montreal.

In 2012, his life and work were profiled in Jean-Claude Coulbois's documentary film Mort subite d'un homme-théâtre.

References

• Raymond Plante, Robert Gravel, sur les pistes du cheval indompté, Éditions les 400 coups, 2004.
• Club-Culture report after Gravel's death

1. Robert Gravel in The Canadian Encyclopedia (accessed 2013-03-11).
2. "Canadian Theatre Encyclopedie". Retrieved April 20, 2010.
3. Ian Herbert, Nicole LeClercq, eds., The World of Theatre 2000 (Taylor & Francis, 2000), ISBN 978-0415238663, p. 48. Excerpt available at Google Books
4. Répertoire des personnages inhumés au cimetière ayant marqué l'histoire de notre société (in French). Montreal: Notre Dame des Neiges Cemetery.
5. Luc Boulanger, "Mort subite d'un homme-théâtre: hommage à Robert Gravel". La Presse, March 16, 2012.

External links

• Robert Gravel at IMDb

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