Richard Jean MonetteOC, DHum, LLD (June 19, 1944 – September 9, 2008) was a Canadian actor and director, best known for his 14-season tenure as the longest-serving artistic director of the Stratford Festival of Canada from 1994 to 2007.
It was at college that his acting skills were first noticed when he took top acting honours at the 1959 Hart House Inter-Varsity Drama competition in Toronto.
Upon graduation, he chose to pursue an acting career, and his first professional role was as a 19-year-old Hamlet at the Crest Theatre in Toronto. He joined the Stratford Festival Company in 1965, and played a variety of small roles. He also won a role in Soldiers at the Royal Alexandra Theatre, a production that took him to Broadway. He also appeared in a number of television plays on CBC.
"He's arguably the greatest Shakespearean actor alive."
"He has played all the great roles, so he's had many opportunities here, and he is arguably the greatest classical actor in the English speaking world."
"The Renaissance scholar Michel de Montaigne said, 'there is little less trouble in governing a private family than a whole kingdom,' ... Drama, comedy and tragedy all have their roots in the compelling theatre of life that is closest to us all our relationships with those tied to us by blood."
"It was pretty daunting to learn 1,000 lines of dialogue, and I'm still learning different nuances about the play and my character, all the time,"
"The bonds of family, whether between mother and son, mother and daughter, or among siblings, will be explored in the 15 plays to be presented at the Stratford Festival in 2006,"
From The All Night Show, 1982 Toronto. Alan Raeburn interviews Richard Monette
published: 22 Jan 2024
Richard Monette - Stratford Festival's 2007 season
Richard Monette, Artistic Director for 14 seasons at the Stratford Festival of Canada, describes his method for selecting a season's playbill and explains what motivated his 2007 choices.
For more Stratford Festival videos and information about its 2007 season, visit http://www.stratfordfestival.ca
published: 15 May 2007
Richard Monette - Shakespeare's The Comedy of Errors (2007)
Ricard Monette, director of William Shakespeare's The Comedy of Errors in the Stratford Festival's 2007 season, sits down to talk about the production.
For more Stratford Festival videos and information about its 2007 season, visit http://www.stratfordfestival.ca
published: 05 Jun 2007
Active for Life podcast, Richard Monette and John O'Sullivan from Changing the Game
Active for LIfe editor-in-chief Richard Monette in conversation with author and founder of Changing the Game John O'Sullvan.
published: 25 Nov 2016
Richard Monette Famous Outburst
In the early 1980's then-actor Richard Monette expressed his feelings of outrage and injustice at a Stratford Festival company meeting, where the company was informed of a change in artistic leadership and the undermining of a tremendous amount of collective hard work.
published: 24 Nov 2024
Professor Richard Monette speaks about his opposition to the Cobell Trust Case settlement
Professor Richard Monette from the University of Wisconsin School of Law speaks about his concerns over the recent Eloise Cobell Trust Case settlement proposal. Monette raises issues of how the settlement came about to cover numerous issues of trust and royalty payments without the input of tribes and individuals that might have their own claims.
published: 28 Mar 2010
Richard Monette's presentation to Hockey Manitoba, May 2015, part 2
Richard Monette, editor-in-chief of Active for Life, talks to Manitoba hockey coaches as part of a Hockey Manitoba seminar. Part 2 of 4
published: 13 Nov 2016
Richard Monette's presentation to Hockey Manitoba, May 2015, part 1
Richard Monette, editor-in-chief of Active for Life, talks to Manitoba hockey coaches as part of a Hockey Manitoba seminar. Part 1 of 4.
published: 13 Nov 2016
Richard Monette The InnerWarrior Cycle
Richard Monette, the international executive coach, personal performance coach and sport psychology consultant to Olympians, present his InnerWarrior Cycle -- a simple approach to finding purpose and performance in everything
published: 03 Mar 2008
Active for Life podcast, Richard Monette and Camilla Knight, expert on parental involvement in sport
Active for LIfe editor-in-chief Richard Monette in conversation with Camilla Knight, associate professor at Swansea University and expert on parental involvement in sport.
More about Camilla: http://www.swansea.ac.uk/staff/engineering/c.j.knight/
Parents in Sport Week:
https://activeforlife.com/parents-in-sport/
Richard Monette, Artistic Director for 14 seasons at the Stratford Festival of Canada, describes his method for selecting a season's playbill and explains what ...
Richard Monette, Artistic Director for 14 seasons at the Stratford Festival of Canada, describes his method for selecting a season's playbill and explains what motivated his 2007 choices.
For more Stratford Festival videos and information about its 2007 season, visit http://www.stratfordfestival.ca
Richard Monette, Artistic Director for 14 seasons at the Stratford Festival of Canada, describes his method for selecting a season's playbill and explains what motivated his 2007 choices.
For more Stratford Festival videos and information about its 2007 season, visit http://www.stratfordfestival.ca
Ricard Monette, director of William Shakespeare's The Comedy of Errors in the Stratford Festival's 2007 season, sits down to talk about the production.
For m...
Ricard Monette, director of William Shakespeare's The Comedy of Errors in the Stratford Festival's 2007 season, sits down to talk about the production.
For more Stratford Festival videos and information about its 2007 season, visit http://www.stratfordfestival.ca
Ricard Monette, director of William Shakespeare's The Comedy of Errors in the Stratford Festival's 2007 season, sits down to talk about the production.
For more Stratford Festival videos and information about its 2007 season, visit http://www.stratfordfestival.ca
In the early 1980's then-actor Richard Monette expressed his feelings of outrage and injustice at a Stratford Festival company meeting, where the company was in...
In the early 1980's then-actor Richard Monette expressed his feelings of outrage and injustice at a Stratford Festival company meeting, where the company was informed of a change in artistic leadership and the undermining of a tremendous amount of collective hard work.
In the early 1980's then-actor Richard Monette expressed his feelings of outrage and injustice at a Stratford Festival company meeting, where the company was informed of a change in artistic leadership and the undermining of a tremendous amount of collective hard work.
Professor Richard Monette from the University of Wisconsin School of Law speaks about his concerns over the recent Eloise Cobell Trust Case settlement proposal....
Professor Richard Monette from the University of Wisconsin School of Law speaks about his concerns over the recent Eloise Cobell Trust Case settlement proposal. Monette raises issues of how the settlement came about to cover numerous issues of trust and royalty payments without the input of tribes and individuals that might have their own claims.
Professor Richard Monette from the University of Wisconsin School of Law speaks about his concerns over the recent Eloise Cobell Trust Case settlement proposal. Monette raises issues of how the settlement came about to cover numerous issues of trust and royalty payments without the input of tribes and individuals that might have their own claims.
Richard Monette, the international executive coach, personal performance coach and sport psychology consultant to Olympians, present his InnerWarrior Cycle -- ...
Richard Monette, the international executive coach, personal performance coach and sport psychology consultant to Olympians, present his InnerWarrior Cycle -- a simple approach to finding purpose and performance in everything
Richard Monette, the international executive coach, personal performance coach and sport psychology consultant to Olympians, present his InnerWarrior Cycle -- a simple approach to finding purpose and performance in everything
Active for LIfe editor-in-chief Richard Monette in conversation with Camilla Knight, associate professor at Swansea University and expert on parental involvemen...
Active for LIfe editor-in-chief Richard Monette in conversation with Camilla Knight, associate professor at Swansea University and expert on parental involvement in sport.
More about Camilla: http://www.swansea.ac.uk/staff/engineering/c.j.knight/
Parents in Sport Week:
https://activeforlife.com/parents-in-sport/
Active for LIfe editor-in-chief Richard Monette in conversation with Camilla Knight, associate professor at Swansea University and expert on parental involvement in sport.
More about Camilla: http://www.swansea.ac.uk/staff/engineering/c.j.knight/
Parents in Sport Week:
https://activeforlife.com/parents-in-sport/
Richard Monette, Artistic Director for 14 seasons at the Stratford Festival of Canada, describes his method for selecting a season's playbill and explains what motivated his 2007 choices.
For more Stratford Festival videos and information about its 2007 season, visit http://www.stratfordfestival.ca
Ricard Monette, director of William Shakespeare's The Comedy of Errors in the Stratford Festival's 2007 season, sits down to talk about the production.
For more Stratford Festival videos and information about its 2007 season, visit http://www.stratfordfestival.ca
In the early 1980's then-actor Richard Monette expressed his feelings of outrage and injustice at a Stratford Festival company meeting, where the company was informed of a change in artistic leadership and the undermining of a tremendous amount of collective hard work.
Professor Richard Monette from the University of Wisconsin School of Law speaks about his concerns over the recent Eloise Cobell Trust Case settlement proposal. Monette raises issues of how the settlement came about to cover numerous issues of trust and royalty payments without the input of tribes and individuals that might have their own claims.
Richard Monette, the international executive coach, personal performance coach and sport psychology consultant to Olympians, present his InnerWarrior Cycle -- a simple approach to finding purpose and performance in everything
Active for LIfe editor-in-chief Richard Monette in conversation with Camilla Knight, associate professor at Swansea University and expert on parental involvement in sport.
More about Camilla: http://www.swansea.ac.uk/staff/engineering/c.j.knight/
Parents in Sport Week:
https://activeforlife.com/parents-in-sport/
Richard Jean MonetteOC, DHum, LLD (June 19, 1944 – September 9, 2008) was a Canadian actor and director, best known for his 14-season tenure as the longest-serving artistic director of the Stratford Festival of Canada from 1994 to 2007.
It was at college that his acting skills were first noticed when he took top acting honours at the 1959 Hart House Inter-Varsity Drama competition in Toronto.
Upon graduation, he chose to pursue an acting career, and his first professional role was as a 19-year-old Hamlet at the Crest Theatre in Toronto. He joined the Stratford Festival Company in 1965, and played a variety of small roles. He also won a role in Soldiers at the Royal Alexandra Theatre, a production that took him to Broadway. He also appeared in a number of television plays on CBC.
(Screenshot . UW Madison) ... “I’m just that tiny fraction short.” ... Yet the program’s use of enrollment, according to UW-Madison law professor Richard Monette, is to avoid the legal challenges that would likely come with similar diversity-focused efforts.
The Comedy of Errors is already the shortest play in the canon, but director Richard Monette has cut it even further for TV to dazzling effect ... Richard Monette has built this production around the ...
MONETT, Mo. — The Neosho boys and girls cross country squads performed well at the annual MonettRichard Mettlach Invitational on Tuesday afternoon in Monett ... Monett's Julio Cruz won the individual title with a finishing time of 17.41 ... .