Marie Laberge

Canadian author

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Marie Laberge is a Canadian playwright and novelist known for her contributions to feminist theatre and literature in Quebec. Her work often explores themes of women's rights, spousal abuse, eating disorders, and incest.

Notable works include:
* C'était avant la guerre à l'Anse à Gilles (1981), a historical drama focusing on women's rights in the 1930s.
* L'homme gris (1986), which delves into issues of spousal abuse, eating disorders, and incest.

Laberge continued the tradition of feminist theatre established by earlier playwrights in Quebec.1

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Dramatist and novelist Marie Laberge continued the tradition of feminist theatre with, for example, C’était avant la guerre à l’Anse à Gilles (1981; "Before the War, Down at l’Anse à Gilles"), a historical drama centring on women’s rights in the 1930s, and L’Homme gris (1986; "The Gray Man";…
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Dramatist and novelist Marie Laberge continued the tradition of feminist theatre with, for example, C’était avant la guerre à l’Anse à Gilles (1981; "Before the War, Down at l’Anse à Gilles"), a historical drama centring on women’s rights in the 1930s, and L’Homme gris (1986; "The Gray Man";…
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