Richard Monette played in small theatre roles, including the British staging of "Oh, Calcutta" in 1967. Achieved great success as a theatre director, becoming first Canadian-born artistic director of the Stratford Festival (Ontario) in 1993. He retired from that role in 2007. He suffered from vascular disease, and was going into hospital for tests ...
I do theatre for people, so I don't see what's wrong with having a populist touch. You certainly can't do it for a critic -- you don't know what he's eaten for supper and how that's going to affect what he writes. You never do anything for the critics.
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Stratford, Ontario, Canada [June 2007]
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(1994-present) Artistic Director of Canada's Stratford Festival
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Artistic Director of Canada's Stratford Festival since 1994 [2002]
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He was awarded the C.M. (Member of the Order of Canada) on October 23, 1997 for his services to the performing arts in Canada.
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His Shakespearean directorial debut was 'The Taming of the Shrew' (1988)in Stratford, and was a huge success.
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Graduate of Canada's National Theatre School
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Stopped acting on stage in 1987 for several years due to stage fright
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