One of the greatest directors in Quebec history, André Brassard, died Tuesday night at the age of 76, the Duceppe Theater confirmed.
The director, who brought the play to the cinemas with the participation of playwright Michel Tremblay, died after a long illness after spending several weeks in hospital.
The almost 22-year-old André Brassard staged the play Les Belles-Sœurs by Michel Tremblay, which was performed in 1968 at the Théâtre du Rideau Vert. churning up the theatrical codes of the time.
Over the next four decades, André Brassard directed dozens of plays and held various roles, most notably as Francophone Artistic Director at the National Theater School of Canada in Montreal, but above all remained faithful to the works of Michel Tremblay, which he continued to adapt for the theater and even for cinema, from the 70s to the 2000s.
The director was slowed down by a stroke in 1999, but was able to continue working in his profession in the years that followed.
André Brassard has received several awards throughout his career, including the 2020 Denise Pelletier Prize. In 2021 he was appointed Compagnon de l’Ordre des arts et des lettres du Québec.