The Conservatoire d'art dramatique de Montréal is a Canadian government-funded dramatic school founded in 1954.[1] The first director was Jan Doat. He was succeeded by Jean Valcourt in 1955 on the condition that a branch also be opened in Quebec City, which occurred in 1958.[2][3]
Since the fall of 2001, he has been living in the Henri-Julien building on the Plateau Mont-Royal, which also houses the Conservatoire de musique de Montréal. A major fire broke out on December 7, 2005.[5] A few months later, the Government of Quebec announced a $46 million investment to create permanent premises at the same location. In addition to the teaching and rehearsal facilities, the Conservatoire's two Montreal institutions have had a 226-seat theater, a 225-seat concert hall and a 100-seat recital hall at their disposal since 2008.[6]
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^Elaine F. Nardocchio Theatre and Politics in Modern Québec 1986 p28 "... another major development in theatre in Quebec, in the form of official government recognition and financial assistance: in 1954 the Quebec government created the Conservatoire d'art dramatique, with campuses in Montreal and Quebec."
^Jean Faucher Normand Chouinard - Entretiens En 1954, Jan Doat avait fondé à Montréal le Conservatoire d'art dramatique. Jean Valcourt a accepté de lui succéder en 1955 dans la mesure où son équivalent serait créé à Québec. Ce fut le cas. Au début, les professeurs de Montréal ..."
^Felicia Hardison Londré, Daniel J. Watermeier -The History of the North American Theater 1998 p469 "Spurring such abundance of professional theater was the opening in Montreal of the Conservatoire d'Art Dramatique du Quebec in 1954, followed by a Quebec City branch in 1958. "
