Robert Lepage

Robert Lepage was a Canadian theatre director, film director, screenwriter, playwright, actor and scenographer (born 1957). He was born at Quebec City.

Robert Lepage in brief

Born
1957
Known for
screenwriter, playwright, actor, scenographer, creator and director
Place of birth
Quebec City
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Recognition and collections

Robert Lepage received 24th Genie Awards, Governor General's Performing Arts Award, Companion of the Order of Canada, Glenn Gould Prize, Officer of the National Order of Quebec and honorary doctorate at the Laval University.

Catalogued works

13 works under this name are catalogued by Wikidata Query Service, The Art Institute of Chicago and Wellcome Collection. Their recorded dates run from 1800 to 1881.

The Necessities of Life. The Legacy. The Human Plant. The Busker's Opera. 887. The Far Side of the Moon. Needles and Opium. Mower Honing a Scythe, dated 1878, etching on ivory china paper laid down on white wove paper (china paper collé), held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 1887.374. The Acorn and the Pumpkin, dated 1881, watercolor on ivory wove card, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 1943.1184. The Return from the Field, dated 1878, etching on ivory china paper laid down on heavy white wove paper (china paper collé), held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 1887.448. Self-Portrait, dated c. 1877, black chalk heightened with white chalk, on gray laid paper, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 1927.3967. Commentary on the Hindu system of medicine / by T.A. Wise., dated 1845, held by Wellcome Collection. Bookplates. Approx. 500 engravings and lithographs., dated [between 1800 and 1899 - between 1900 and 1999], held by Wellcome Collection.

In public collections

Work associated with this heading is recorded in 2 named public collections.

The Art Institute of Chicago: 4 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Wellcome Collection: 3 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue.

Literature

13 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.

The Seven Faces of Robert Lepage, The Seven Faces of Robert Lepage, 1997. CULTURAL AND ARTISTIC BIOGRAPHY: ROBERT LEPAGE IN-BETWEEN WORLDS, Robert Lepage, 2008. Robert Lepage ROBERT LEPAGE I N DISCUSSION, The Twentieth Century Performance Reader, 2013. Robert Lepage, Robert Lepage on the Toronto Stage, 2016. Solo Performances: Lepage as Actor-Author, Theatricality of Robert Lepage, 2007. When Lepage and Mnouchkine Collide with Cultural Appropriation, Critical Stages, 2019. Jouer à être l’Autre : kanata comme récit de l’innocence blanche, Revue d'Études Autochtones, 2023. MIGRAÇÕES FICCIONAIS DO OBSERVADOR: O OLHAR EXTERIOR SOBRE O CANADÁ E SUAS MEDIAÇÕES, Aletria: Revista de Estudos de Literatura, 2012. Abstract – IT Robert Lepage: anatomia di un regista, Antropologia e Teatro, 2012. Prémios de teatro regressam à Grécia muitos séculos depois, Sinais de Cena, 2007. Digital scenography and the mimetic aporia of Richard Wagner's Ring Cycle, Journal of Aesthetics & Culture, 2015. Robert Lepage en marquis de Sade : très convaincant !, Critical Stages, 2016. A Teatralidade das Marionetes na Cena de Robert Lepage, Móin-Móin, 2018.

Scholarly footprint

Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 18 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.

Evidence base

This article draws on 5 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 5 means 5 genuinely separate publishers of record. 14 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.

In detail

Robert Lepage studied at Conservatoire d'art dramatique de Québec and Collège Saint-Charles-Garnier. the recorded working language is French and English.

Places of work recorded in the authority are Quebec.

Works named in the authority record are Far Side of the Moon.

Distinctions recorded are 24th Genie Awards, Governor General's Performing Arts Award, Companion of the Order of Canada and Glenn Gould Prize.

Chronology

  1. 1957Robert Lepage born at Quebec City.

Sources

Each source is named with the standing the house places on it, so the evidence can be weighed rather than taken on trust.

  1. 1.

    CULTURAL AND ARTISTIC BIOGRAPHY: ROBERT LEPAGE IN-BETWEEN WORLDS, Robert Lepage, 2008

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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    Robert Lepage ROBERT LEPAGE I N DISCUSSION, The Twentieth Century Performance Reader, 2013

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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    Robert Lepage, Robert Lepage on the Toronto Stage, 2016

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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    Solo Performances: Lepage as Actor-Author, Theatricality of Robert Lepage, 2007

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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    The Seven Faces of Robert Lepage, The Seven Faces of Robert Lepage, 1997

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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    “Robert Lepage”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

    reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikipedia

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  7. 7.

    Directory of Open Access Journals lists 27 articles naming Robert Lepage.

    open access index · Unverified

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    OpenAlex author record A5021261242 for Robert Lepage.

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    OpenAlex bibliographic index, 12 indexed publications naming Robert Lepage.

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    The Art Institute of Chicago, collection records associated with Robert Lepage.

    museum collection · Unverified · The Art Institute of Chicago

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    Wellcome Collection catalogue records 3 works naming Robert Lepage.

    museum collection · Unverified · Wellcome Collection

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  12. 12.

    Wikidata, structured authority record Q1341481: Robert Lepage

    reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikimedia Foundation

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