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Angélique is a Canadian play by Lorena Gale inspired by the executed slave Marie-Joseph Angelique. It premiered in 1998 with Alberta Theatre Projects in Calgary, Alberta. Angélique's off-broadway premiere in 1999 garnered eight Audelco Award nominations.
With this bald statement of history as a basis, Lorena Gale constructs a vivid portrait of a time when captive people had no say in the outcome of their lives. A rich, poetic evocation of a graceful yet cruel time—a time when “civilized” citizens still bought and sold slaves.
Dec 11, 2020 · Angelique. by. Gale, Lorena. Publication date. 2000. Topics. Slaves -- Drama, Slaveholders -- Drama, Montréal (Québec) -- Drama. Publisher. Toronto : Playwrights Canada Press.
Lorena Gale (May 9, 1958 – June 21, 2009) was a Canadian actress, playwright and theatre director. She was active onstage and in films and television since the 1980s. She also authored two award-winning plays, Angélique and Je me souviens.
Mar 1, 2000 · Her play, Angélique, the story of executed slave Marie-Joseph Angelique, was the winner of the 1995 duMaurier National Playwriting Competition in Canada. Gale died following a battle with cancer on June 21, 2009, aged 51.
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Angélique is a full-length drama by Lorena Gale. Based on true events chronicling the life of Marie-Joseph Angélique; an enslaved Black woman who was publicly executed for allegedly starting a fire that burned Montréal in 1734.
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Mar 13, 2020 · The play by the late Canadian actor, playwright and director Lorena Gale tracks the story of Marie-Joseph Angélique, a young, black slave in 18th-century Montreal who had an independent spirit and dreamed of freedom.
