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Jean Gascon, one of Canada’s was today named this year’s .

foremost men of the theatre, recipient of the $50,000 Royal

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Bank Award. He is the eighth
Canadian to receive the
prestigious award. :
Mr.. Gascon, 54, has ‘been
artistic director of the Stratfurd
Feslival for . seven. years.
Previously,. he was -artisitic
director of Montreal's Theatre
du Nouveau Monde for 16 years.
He has directed or. acted in
more than 100 plays in. English

The announcement . of). Mr.
Gascon's selection as .the .1974
recipient of “the -award , was

made at a Toronto press con-'

ference. by: P.D. -McTaggart-
Cowan, a member of: theRoyal
Bank. Award Selection : Com-
miltee. . -- - rs
“Jean Gascon's achievement

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He has made a-major..con-

tribution in both the English and”.

French languages. He Is one of

those few Canadians: who ’- is

equally well known and. highly
regarded in both English .and
French Canada," said Dr.
McTaggart-Cowan.

“Presentation of the’ $50,000

cheque and a specially struck:

gold medal will be made.at a
formal dinner’ in Stratford on
Tuesday, May .21, just’ two
weeks-before the opening of Mr.
Gaseon’s final season as artistic

‘director of the Stratford

Festival.
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The Royal Bank Award was
created in 1967 to provide
recognition for dedicated and

_ distinguished Canadisn “whose
outstanding achievement is’ of
such importance . that it is
-contributiig to human ‘welfare
and lhe common: good.” ~

The award can, ‘be, presented
to an individual or..a team of

individuals from a broad field of
‘ and French, both for stage and - natural’ and social sciences; the

television, for

dfts, humanities, business and

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Previous recipients have been -

world famous neuosuregan Dr.”
Wilder Penfield;' engineer. Dr.
C.J, Mackenzie; His Eminence

Paul-Emile Cardinal Leger; -

novelist, Morley, Callaghan;
archietect Arthur, Erickson;
rehabilitation’ - expert Dr.
Gustave’... -Gingras . and
aducationalists Dr. d.A. Cary.

Seven ‘buginess:and academic
leaders from ‘across, Canada

make up the award selection -

‘eammitiee“ which operates
, entirely. indepedently of - The
Royal Bank’ of. Canada in

assessing - nominations. and.

- choosing: the annual award
recipients. 2). - tae

theatre for more than 20 years.
Born in Montreal, he originally
intended -to enter the, medical
‘profession but left his studies
~. afler- his’ third semester of in-
(ership.
In: 1946 he “received a
-'geholarship in dramatic : art
- from ihe Government of France
whieh’ enabled him: to’ study al
“ LEeale' du’ Vieux. Calombler

~~ with Julien Berteau in-France. -

He returned to Canada in.1951

and formed Le Theulre: du’.

Nouveau Monde with his friends
Jean-Louis’ Raux, Guy Haff-

man, ‘ihe fate, Senator Mark:

Drouin, and‘his brother Andre,
assuming. the artistic direc-
_torship, which he resigned in

OI 1960. Jaan
made. a

Mr. - Gascon has :been a

Mur fees ve,

ver, Shown here are the U.S. Pavilion and

During the summer of 1955
the troupe unolficially
represenied Canada. al the,
Paris Festival with- three
Moliere: farces.- In 1958 the
company :: toured .New. York,
Paris, and the Brussels World
Fair with Le Majade.
Imaginaire by Moliere, and Le
Temps des Lilas by Montreal's
Marcel: Dube...” - 7
: leadership
step. ins. Canadian
(heatre by- being one of the
founding. directors. of. the
National Theatre School in
Montreal and:- becoming the
general director of the schoal.

His long . association — with
Stratford, -begain ©1955 when
Theatre: du..Nayeau Monde
presented: in Stratford's. Avon
Theatre: the,-three., Moliere.
farces they had taken to Paris
‘the previous year. The campany
appeared al the “Avon- again in
1958 with. Le Malade
Imaginairé, a play Gascon is:
also directing for this year's
festival. ve ve
"He beeame an associale
director. ‘of. “the Stratford

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named execulive’ -‘artisite
‘director.’ He has been «solely.

“responsible for the directorship
‘of the. World-famous ‘festival
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"As well as stage drama he has
‘also directed: and’ acted in
television dramatic productions

and direcled many operas. He -

-also directed - Languirand’s

Canadian’ play with music;.

Klondike, which was presenied
‘al ‘the Commonwealth Arts

‘Festival al the Old Vic,,London.
“During the 1968-69 winter, Mr. .

Gascon was on :Incation “in
Durango,: Mexico, where he
filmed A Man Called Harse, in
which he ca-slarred « with
Richard Harris and Dam

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Jean Gascon -

His previous awards for his
work... drama. include «the
Canadian Drama: Award, the -
Prix de la Crituge, and the Prix
Viclor Dore. He holds honorary
degrees from McGill Univer-
sity, Bishop's Univeristy, the
Universily of Western Ontatio, -
the : Universily. of Guelph,
Queen's University and “Me-

He has.recelved the Molson
Award, . given. for “promoting

-belter. ‘understanding - between

the French and English cultures
in Canada. - In: 1967, he was

awarded the Service Medal of

the Order of Canada and in 1972
was made an Officer of. the
Order'‘of Canada,
Members of the Royal Bank
Award Selection Committee
are:.- -(Chairman) ~ The
Honourable J.V.' Clyna, Van -

~ couver;, Dr. . Roger. Gaudry, |

Montreal, Rector, University af
‘Montreal; The Honourable
Henry” D. . Hicks, Halifax,
President and Vice Chancellor,
Dalhousie University; Dr. -
Waller H. Johns, Edmonton, -,
former. President; the

- University of Alberta; Dr.’ H.

Rocke. : Robertson, “Ottawa,
former Princiapl McGill.
University; J.-“Allyn: ‘Taylor,
‘London, Chairman of the Board,
The Canada Trust- Company, ..

Dr: P.D;. MeTaggart-Cowna,:-.
Ottawa, Execulive Director, ..

Science Council of Canada...”

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