The Monument-National is a historic Canadian theatre located at 1182 Saint Laurent Boulevard in Montreal

Montreal

Montreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...

, Quebec

Quebec

Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....

. Erected between 1891 and 1894, it was originally the Cultural centre of the Saint-Jean-Baptiste Society

Saint-Jean-Baptiste Society

The Saint-Jean-Baptiste Society is an institution in Quebec dedicated to the protection of Quebec francophone interests and to the promotion of Quebec Sovereignism. Its current President is Mario Beaulieu....

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Yiddish theatre

The first performance of a Yiddish play was held there in what is now the theatre's Ludger-Duvernay room in the winter of 1896. The Monument National continued to host productions from touring and local Yiddish theatre companies until the 1940s.

Renovations and current status

The theatre was declared a historic monument by the Ministère des Affaires culturelles du Québec in 1976 and a National Historic Site of Canada in 1985.

A major restoration project of the theatre was completed in June 1993 in time for the theatre's centennial celebration. The 1,620-seat theatre has been owned by the National Theatre School of Canada

National Theatre School of Canada

The National Theatre School of Canada is a private college located in Montreal, Quebec.Established in Montreal in 1960, the National Theatre School of Canada offers professional training in English and French in a setting that unites all the theatre arts: acting, playwriting, directing, set and...

since 1971 and is the venue used for its productions.

External links

• Official Website of the Monument-National