Tag Archives: Emmanuel Schwartz

When We Have Sufficiently Tortured Each Other (Quand nous nous serons suffisamment torturés): Théâtre Prospero

Posted on March 1, 2022 by Jim Burke, Special to Montreal Gazette

As well as being one of the first novels in the English language, Samuel Richardson’s Pamela can also lay claim to being one of the most repellent. Published in 1740, it’s the story of a 15-year-old servant girl who’s harried … Continue reading →

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Candide, ou L’optimisme

Posted on October 5, 2018 by Jim Burke, Special to Montreal Gazette

  Pronouncing on the best of all possible adaptations of Voltaire’s Candide (Leonard Bernstein’s operetta has a better claim than most) might well be as futile as Dr. Pangloss’s characterization of our earthly abbatoir as the best of all possible … Continue reading →

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