1. Theatre, Film, and Television Biographies
2. Lynn Milgrim to Rob Morrow

Richard Monette Biography (1944-)

Full name, Richard Jean Monette; born June 19, 1944, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada; son of Maurice and Florence M. (Tondino) Monette. Avocational interests: Travel, gardening, cooking. Career: Director, actor, and producer. Stratford Festival of Canada, Stratford, Ontario, member of company, beginning in 1973, associate director, 1988-90, artistic director, 1994-. Citadel Theatre Young Company, artistic director, 1989; appeared with Theatre Toronto, Welsh National Theatre, and Regent's Park Theatre, London. University ofToronto, guest speaker, 1994-96. Awards, Honors: Inter-Varsity Drama Festival Awards, best actor, 1962 and 1963; Tyrone Guthrie Award, Stratford Festival of Canada, 1967; Canada Council grants, 1968, 1977, and 1981; Queen'sSilver Jubilee Medal, 1977; Derek F. Mitchell Artistic Director's Award, Stratford Festival of Canada, 1984; Dora Mavor Moore Award, outstanding direction, 1991, for St. Joan; honorary D.Hum., University of Windsor, 1995. Addresses: Office: Stratford Festival of Canada, P.O. Box 520, Stratford, Ontario, Canada N5A 6V2.

Nationality

Canadian

Gender

Male

Occupation

Director, actor, producer

Birth Details

June 19, 1944

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Famous Works

• CREDITS
• Stage Director
• Come and Go, Stratford Festival of Canada, Stratford, Ontario, 1978
• Blake, Stratford Festival of Canada, 1983
• The Taming of the Shrew, Stratford Festival of Canada, 1988
• The Relapse, Stratford Festival of Canada, 1989
• The Comedy of Errors, Stratford Festival of Canada, 1989
• As You Like It, Stratford Festival of Canada, 1990
• Julius Caesar, Stratford Festival of Canada, 1990
• Much Ado about Nothing, Stratford Festival of Canada, 1991
• The School for Wives, Stratford Festival of Canada, 1991
• St. Joan, Theatre Plus, 1991
• Romeo and Juliet, Stratford Festival of Canada, 1992
• Shirley Valentine, Stratford Festival of Canada, 1992
• Antony and Cleopatra, Stratford Festival of Canada, 1993
• Twelfth Night, Stratford Festival of Canada, 1994
• Hamlet, Stratford Festival of Canada, 1994
• (With Antoni Cimolino) The Merry Wives of Windsor, Stratford Festival of Canada, 1995
• Amadeus, Stratford Festival of Canada, 1995
• A Fitting Confusion, Stratford Festival of Canada, and Citadel Theatre, 1996
• Amadeus, Stratford Festival of Canada, 1996
• The Little Foxes, Stratford Festival of Canada, 1996
• King Lear, Stratford Festival of Canada, 1996
• Camelot, Stratford Festival of Canada, 1997
• Much Ado about Nothing, Stratford Festival of Canada, then City Centre Theatre, New York City, 1998
• The Miser, Stratford Festival of Canada, then City Centre Theatre,1998
• Director of Blake and Diary of a Madman, both at Glenn Gould Studio; Count Dracula and Stevie, both at Young People's Theatre; Fidelio, for Canadian Opera Company; Hosanna, at TarragonTheatre; and Julius Caesar, at Citadel Young Company.
• Stage Producer
• Stevie, Toronto, Ontario, 1980
• Blake, New Brunswick, 1983
• Hosanna, Toronto, 1987
• Stage Appearances
• Hamlet, Crest Theatre, Toronto, 1964
• Henry IV, Part I, Stratford Festival of Canada, 1965
• Dardanius, Julius Caesar, Stratford Festival of Canada, 1965
• Understudy, The Cherry Orchard, Stratford Festival of Canada, 1965
• Montjoy, Henry V, Stratford Festival of Canada, 1966
• Henry VI, Stratford Festival of Canada, 1966
• Sebastian, Twelfth Night, Stratford Festival of Canada, 1966
• Title role, Hosanna, Bijou Theatre, New York City, 1974, then in Toronto, 1977
• Captain Jack Absolute, The Rivals, Stage One/Roundabout Theatre, New York City, 1974-75
• Measure for Measure, Stratford Festival of Canada, 1975
• Hamlet, Stratford Festival of Canada, 1976
• Measure for Measure, Stratford Festival of Canada, 1976
• Saint Joan, Philadelphia Drama Guild, Philadelphia, PA, 1977-78
• Berowne, Love's Labour's Lost, Stratford Festival of Canada, 1979-80
• Henry IV, Part I, Stratford Festival of Canada, 1979-80
• Domenico Soriano, Filumena, Stratford Festival of Canada, 1997
• Appeared in a London production of Oh! Calcutta!
• Film Appearances
• Big Zapper (also known as The Life of a Female Private Eye), Video City Productions/Distribution, 1973
• Bruce La Rousse, Find the Lady (also known as Call the Cops! and Kopek and Broom), 1976
• Nothing Personal, AIP/Filmways, 1980
• Hogan, Iceman, Universal, 1984
• Narrator, The Birth of Language, 1986
• Doctor, Dancing in the Dark, New World Pictures, 1986
• Robert Bley, Higher Education, Palisades Entertainment, 1987
• Father Cooper, Hello Mary Lou: Prom Night II (also known as TheHaunting of Hamilton High), Samuel Goldwyn, 1987
• Clive, the critic, I've Heard the Mermaids Singing, Miramax, 1987
• Television Appearances
• Movies
• Assistant District Attorney Joe Grant, The High Price of Passion,NBC, 1986
• Murder by Night (also known as Memory Lane), USA Network, 1989
• The Good Fight, Lifetime, 1992
• Dr. Lloyd, And Then There Was One, Lifetime, 1994
• Eric Shockley, Kurt Vonnegut's Harrison Bergeron (also known as Harrison Bergeron), Showtime, 1995
• Sal, Mary Higgins Clark's While My Pretty One Sleeps (also known as While My Pretty One Sleeps), The Family Channel, 1997
• Episodic
• Ed Jordan, "Suspect," The Littlest Hobo, syndicated, 1981
• Ambassador Kendall, "Rich Kid," Adderly, CBS, 1986
• Brian, "Deathmate," Alfred Hitchcock Presents, USA Network, 1987
• "Good Hands," Diamonds, CBS, 1987
• "Life Is a Lot like Hockey," Diamonds, CBS, 1988
• Dr. Wilson, "Father and Son Game," The Twilight Zone, syndicated,1988
• Pilots
• Patrick Henley, Popeye Doyle, NBC, 1986
• Television Director
• Specials
• The Comedy of Errors, 1989
• Romeo and Juliet, 1993

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

Periodicals:

• Chatelaine, June 1994, p. 36.
• Maclean's, June 16, 1997, p. 60.
• Variety, July 14, 1997, p. 47.
• Vital Speeches, April 15, 1998, p. 411.*