French-Language Drama: Olivier Kemeid and Studio Theatre

french-language drama: Until October 4 at the Studio Theatre, 99 Downie Street, Stratford, according to Toronto Star. Stratfordfestival.ca and 1-800-567-1600. By Karen Fricker Theatre Critic Sun., Aug. 21, 2016 The Aeneid Written by Olivier Kemeid, translated by Maureen Labonté, directed by Keira Loughran. Olivier Kemeid play is loosely based on Virgil epic about the hero Aeneas search for a new home after the Trojan War — a quest that led to the founding of Rome and the extension of Western civilization. The play was nominated for a Governor General Award for French-language drama and has been translated into four languages since it was first produced in Montreal in 2007 . In the intervening years its story — inspired by the mythic figure referred to in a program note as the most famous of all refugees — has only become more topical. A parallel stimulus was the story of Kemeid own grandfather, who left revolutionary Egypt in 1952 on a journey that led his family to Quebec. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.