Theatre du Rideau Vert

[BOURASSA ANDRE G]

Dear Denis,
Thanks for telling us, I didn't know about this one yet. But, for Molson's
anniversary, there has been a stamp showing, among John Molson's main
achievements,  the Theatre Royal, built in Montreal in 1825.
Amitiés, André.

On Wed, 24 Feb 1999, Denis Salter wrote:

> On the 17th Canada Post released a stamp in celebration of the
> 50th anniversary of Theatre du Rideau Vert.  It is a beautiful
> and evocative design. (I don't know the name of the artist.) It
> combines or overlaps the masks of comedy and tragedy, somewhat
> like the cover of *Modern Drama* but less rigidly;  just a trace
> of the signature green curtain flows down to create the quasi-
> illusion of a proscenium arch.  And if you look closely at the
> two masks, you will see that they show sideways views of the
> two redoubtable women who founded the theatre.
> I wonder who took this initiative . . . It would be a wonder if
> CanPost could celebrate the important anniversaries of other theatres
> across the country.  The stamps are widely available even though
> they were released less than a week ago.
> 
> 
> 
> Denis Salter
> Department of English
> McGill University
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