TheMonument-National (French pronunciation:[mɔnymɑ̃nɑsjɔnal]) is an historic Canadian theatre located at 1182Saint Laurent Boulevard inMontreal,Quebec. With a capacity of over 1,600 seats, the venue was erected between 1891 and 1894 (131 years ago) (1894) and was originally the cultural centre of theSaint-Jean-Baptiste Society.
The building was designed byMaurice Perrault,Albert Mesnard, andJoseph Venne in theRenaissance Revival style and utilizes a steel frame—a building technique that was innovative for its time.[1]
The first performance of aYiddish play was held there in what is now the theatre's Ludger-Duvernay room in the winter of 1896. The Monument-National was a key cultural landmark inMontreal's historic Jewish quarter, and it continued to host productions from touring and local Yiddish theatre companies until the 1940s.[2][3][4]
The theatre was declared a historic monument by theMinistère des Affaires culturelles du Québec in 1976[1] and aNational Historic Site in 1985.[5]
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 theNational Theatre School of Canada since 1971, and it is the venue used for its productions.[6]
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