Robert Marinier

Robert Marinier (born 1954 in Sudbury, Ontario) is a Canadian stage actor, playwright and television writer, who was a nominee for the Governor General's Award for French-language drama at the 1997 Governor General's Awards for his play L'Insomnie.[1] For the same play, he was also a Dora Mavor Moore Award nominee for Best Actor in a Play, Mid-Size Theatre division, in 1997.[2]

Robert Marinier
Born1954
Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
Occupationdramatist, television writer
NationalityCanadian
Period1980s-present
Notable worksL'Insomnie, Météo+

He has also been a television writer for the series The Smoggies, Météo+[3] and Les Bleus de Ramville.

Plays
  • 1979 - Lafortune et Lachance
  • 1980 - La Tante
  • 1982 - L'Inconception
  • 1984 - Les Rogers (with Robert Bellefeuille and Jean-Marc Dalpé)[4]
  • 1988 - En camisoles
  • 1989 - Deuxième souffle (with Dan Lalande)
  • 1993 - À la gauche de Dieu
  • 1994 - L'Insomnie
  • 1997 - But for the Grace of God... (English translation of À la gauche de Dieu)[5]
  • 1999 - Le golfeur et la mort
  • 1999 - Contes sudburois (with Jean-Marc Dalpé, Robert Dickson, Paulette Gagnon, Michael Gauthier and Brigitte Haentjens)[6]
  • 2000 - Big Crunch
  • 2000 - Univers
  • 2000 - Je me souviens
  • 2005 - Épinal

References
  1. "G-G short list proves puzzling Urquhart selection an early favourite, but where's Richler, Ricci, Tremblay?". The Globe and Mail, October 23, 1997.
  2. "Major Dora Mavor Moore nominations". Toronto Star, September 12, 1997.
  3. "Météo + de retour pour une deuxième saison". L'Express Ottawa, October 8, 2008.
  4. "The rogue beneath the sensitive male". Ottawa Citizen, June 25, 1987.
  5. "The truth about illicit love: Robert Marinier's play about infidelities and middle-aged passions resurfaces in a new English-language translation". Ottawa Citizen, January 12, 1997.
  6. "French theatre festival offers 15-day smorgasbord of plays". Ottawa Citizen, June 3, 1999.


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