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Volume 6 Number 1 / Spring 1985

The National Arts Centre: Fifteen Years at Play

Submitted
May 13, 2008
Published
1985-01-01

Abstract

This article reviews the history of theatre, English and French, at the National Art, Centre, Ottawa, since its opening in 1969. It examines the terms of reference for theatre as set out in the National Arts Centre Act and concludes that the Centre has been only partially successful in fulfilling its mandate to become a national theatre. Cet article raconte d'histoire de théâtre, en anglais et en français, au le Centre national des Arts d'Ottawa depuis son inauguration en 1969. Il éxamin les terms de référence pour le théâtre dans l'Acte du Centre national des Arts, et conclut que le Centre n'a que partiallement succédé à aquitter son mandate d'être un théâtre national.