Robert Gravel

Robert Gravel 14 September 1944 12 August 1996 was an actor dramatist theatrical director and teacher He was an influential figure in the modern history of theatre in Quebec In the middle of the 1970s Gravel JeanPierre Ronfard and Pol Pelletier cofounded the Théâtre Expérimental de Montréal TEM Later ideological conflicts led to the foundation of the Nouveau Théâtre Expérimental In 1977 Gravel cofounded with Yvon Leduc the highly successful Ligue Nationale dImprovisation He died in SaintGabrieldeBrandon in 1996 and was entombed at the Notre Dame des Neiges Cemetery in Montreal