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We are looking for actors

We are urgently looking for two actors to the play roles in our April 2025 production in French of the comedy The Would-be Gentleman by Molière.

The first actor is needed to play the role of Cléonte, the young lover. The person should be male, between 20 and 40 years old. The role is brief, appearing at the end of Act III and for a few lines at the end of the play in Act V. In our Troupe’s history, the role has often been played by someone performing for the first time.

The second role we are looking to fill is that of the Music Master, who figures in the first and second acts. Here we are looking for a male actor of any age.

If you are interested, please contact us.

Happy New Year!

After presenting an annual show, without fail, for half a century, the Troupe des Anciens was forced to disappoint you — our loyal public — and cancel the performances of Tartuffe that had been scheduled for April 2020. However, we have not given up on theatre, and hope to be able to invite you to our next show in the not too distant future.

“Molière received by Louis XIV”, painting by French painter Jean Hégésippe Vetter (1820–1901); from the collection of the Musée d’Orsay; taken from the Wikimedia Commons.

We greatly appreciate your loyalty as, without your support, there would be no Troupe des Anciens. We wish you and yours a Happy New Year, one in which the virus that is affecting us all is no more than a distant memory.

The members of La Troupe des Anciens

Tarfuffe performances postponed until 2021

March 16, 2020

To our valued audience,

La Troupe des Anciens has succeeded in overcoming many seemingly insurmountable difficulties since its inception in 1969, but it is now facing an invincible adversary in COVID-19.

It is with deep regret that after spending many weeks on preparing for the performance of Tartuffe, we have had to postpone it to 2021. We promise you a production that will make the waiting worthwhile.

Those who have already bought tickets will of course be fully refunded.

All members of the Troupe are most grateful for your support throughout the years.

PAULETTE COLLET
Artistic Director

One-page summaries for Tartuffe now available

We’ve just added one-page page summaries in English and in French for this year’s production of Tartuffe. Click one of the links below for a copy in PDF format. A full line-up of resources can be found at our 2020 show page.

Tartuffe – English Summary

Tartuffe – Summary 2020 EN rev00Download

Tartuffe – French Summary

Tartuffe – Summary 2020 FR rev00Download

Tickets for “Tartuffe” 2020 now on sale on-line

Would you like tickets to our 2020 production of Tartuffe, but don’t want to wait for the opening of our telephone ticket line on April 13? You can purchase them on-line right now, 24 hours a day.

After purchase and beginning the week of March 16, 2020, a member of our Box office team will select the best seats from those remaining to fulfill your order, treating all purchases chronologically by the date of purchase, and will then confirm by email shortly thereafter that your order has been completed. If you have a special request, for example you need seats with a better view of the projected surtitles in English, you can contact the Box office team by email after making your purchase. And your tickets will be ready for you at the theatre the night of your performance for whenever you arrive.

Frontispiece and title page of “Tartuffe or The Imposter” from a 1739 collected edition of Molière’s works in French and English, printed by John Watts. From Wikimedia Commons.

Tickets for “The Miser” 2019 now on sale on-line

The Miser – poster thumbnail

Would you like tickets to our 2019 production of The Miser (L’Avare), but don’t want to wait for the opening of our telephone ticket line on April 1? You can purchase them on-line right now, 24 hours a day.
After purchase and beginning the week of March 4, 2019, a member of our Box office team will select the best seats from those remaining to fulfill your order, treating all purchases chronologically by the date of purchase, and will then confirm by email shortly thereafter that your order has been completed. If you have a special request, for example you need seats with a better view of the projected surtitles in English, you can contact the Box office team by email after making your purchase.

“The Miser” selected for our 50th anniversary season in 2019

Frontispiece by Pierre Brissart
Frontispiece by Pierre Brissart from the 1682 edition of “The Miser”

La Troupe des Anciens de l’Université de Toronto is pleased to announce it has selected The Miser (L’Avare), a five-act comedy in prose by Molière, as the play for the 50th anniversary of its annual show in French to be performed in April 2019. Artistic Director of La Troupe des Anciens Paulette Collet said: “Working together with our various stakeholders, especially our loyal secondary education public, we chose The Miser for its timeless story of family, marriage and all-consuming avarice.” For more information about the school matinée and evening performances, see our website or follow us on social media.

Photos by Nicolas Bézier of the 2018 production of “Scapin’s Deceits”

Here are some more photos from our April 2018 show, a selection from “Scapin’s Deceits” (“Les Fourberies de Scapin”) by Molière. Once again, they all were taken by our friend Nicolas Bézier. Hope you enjoy them!