The Coronation Voyage Front Cover

Paperback / softback
ISBN: 9780889224223
Pages: 128
Pub. Date: January 1 1999
Dimensions: 8.5" x 5.5" x 0.4375"
Rights: Available: WORLD
Categories
Drama / DRA013000

  • DRAMA / Canadian

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The Coronation Voyage

By Michel Marc Bouchard
Translated by Linda Gaboriau

May 1953. The Empress of France sets sail from Montreal. On the pretext of attending the celebrations marking the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, an important mafioso leaves for England where he secretly plans to live in exile with his two sons. Aboard this floating palace in the middle of the ocean, the petty lord of the Montreal underworld must face the most important decision of his dubious career: will he sacrifice his youngest son for a safe-conduct?

Le Voyage du couronnement, co-produced by Theatre du Nouveau Monde in Montreal and Théatre du Trident in Québec City, was nominated in the Best New Play category at the 1996 ‘Soirée des Masques’ presented by the Académie québécoise du théatre.

“Tackles the themes of sacrifice and forgiveness, the interpretation of history, the lost (i.e. sacrificed) generation, innocence, family and love.”— La Presse

“Brilliant, artful and satirical.”
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