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Informationen zum Autor Catherine-Anne Toupin is a French Canadian actress and writer. Graduating from The Conservatory of Dramatic Arts in Montreal in 1999, she has become a well-known actress in Quebec, with numerous theatre, film and television credits. As a playwright, Toupin has written three full-length plays: À présent , L’envie and Alexandre , as well as many short plays. In 2005, Right Now (À présent) won the Prix Françoise-Berd, awarded to the best new play by a young author. The play has been translated into four languages and has previously been produced in Canada, Italy and Mexico. Christopher Campbell read English and French at St Edmund Hall, Oxford. He is the Literary Manager at the Royal CourtTheatre. Christopher has worked as an actor in Canada, France and Belgium, as well as here in the UK. Klappentext An unsettling folktale for a modern age, Right Now explores the darker recesses of the human ability to normalise our traumas. Right Now by Catherine-Anne Toupin, translated by Christopher Campbell is about Alice. Bereft, a mother without her child. Haunted by the cries of her first-born, whilst dealing with the nosy neighbours next door, Alice struggles to keep a grasp on what's left of her shattered reality. Right Now is a richly drawn portrait of a family coming to terms with their unremitting grief. Zusammenfassung An unsettling folktale for a modern age, Right Now explores the darker recesses of the human ability to normalise our traumas.
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Catherine-Anne Toupin is a French Canadian actress and writer. Graduating from The Conservatory of Dramatic Arts in Montreal in 1999, she has become a well-known actress in Quebec, with numerous theatre, film and television credits.
As a playwright, Toupin has written three full-length plays: À présent, L’envie and Alexandre, as well as many short plays. In 2005, Right Now (À présent) won the Prix Françoise-Berd, awarded to the best new play by a young author. The play has been translated into four languages and has previously been produced in Canada, Italy and Mexico.
Christopher Campbell read English and French at St Edmund Hall, Oxford. He is the Literary Manager at the Royal CourtTheatre. Christopher has worked as an actor in Canada, France and Belgium, as well as here in the UK.
