Why is Marc Lescarbot’s 1606 pageant important in Canadian theatre history?

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Canadian literature Canadian writer Alice Munro was lauded as a “master of the contemporary short story” by the Swedish Academy when it awarded her the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2013.

Marc Lescarbot’s 1606 pageant, Le Théâtre de Neptune en la Nouvelle-France (The Theatre of Neptune in New France), is significant in Canadian theatre history because it is credited as the first theatre production written in New France.1

Presented at Port-Royal, this work represents a foundational moment for drama within the region during the period of French rule. Lescarbot later included this play in his 1609 collection titled Les Muses de la Nouvelle France (“The Muses of New France”), which also featured his poetry.1