Albertine in Five Times

By Michel Tremblay

Michel Tremblay's well-loved and award-winning play presents the story of one woman, Albertine, at five different times in her life. The older Albertines warn the younger ones of what is to come--"Our fate depends on you," Albertine at 70 says to Albertine at 30. Together, these five Albertines provide a moving portrait of the extraordinary life of an "ordinary" woman.

This new, updated translation by Linda Gaboriau, commissioned for the prestigious Shaw Festival, celebrates the 25 years this classic Canadian drama has intrigued and delighted audiences around the world.

Cast of 6 women.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 088922627X
• ISBN13: 9780889226272
• Release Date: July 2009
• Publisher: Talonbooks
• Length: 80 Pages
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 5.4" x 8.3"

Customer Reviews

What a good play should be

Most inventively, Tremblay sets the same character, Albertine, at five distinc periods of her life. Thus, five actresses will each play Albertine at a certain age and react with one another. This idea alone is worth the price, but has genuine directions takes place and crafted acting moves-in, the hidden textual pearls of wisdom will remind you that the ones who think only Shakespear had genius are trully insignificant snobs. (and I taught they were all guillotined in 1789. Best of all, the text and ideas brought forward are as universal as can be. Glenn St-Yves