Intl Theatre Institute – World Theatre Day March 27 / Journée Mondiale du Théâtre 27 mars

International Theatre Institute
JOURNEE MONDIALE DU THEATRE – 27 mars 2008
WORLD THEATRE DAY – 27th March 2008

 
Message international pour la Journée Mondiale du Théâtre en français

• Informations biographiques Robert LEPAGE,  (Québec, Canada)
• Historique – Journée Mondiale du Théâtre en français

International Message for World Theatre Day in English and in the original  French

• Bio data of author- Robert LEPAGE (Quebec,Canada) English
• Background World Theatre Day – 27th March in English
• World Theatre Day Messages List of Authors 1962 – 2008

Robert Lepage’s  World Theatre Day Message is  also featured in the rubric “FOCUS” in the 6 editions of the March issue of the “UNESCO Courier”   in   FRENCH,   ARABIC,   CHINESE,   ENGLISH,   RUSSIAN,    SPANISH 

Other translations of the 2008 World Theatre Day Message
received from ITI National Centres,  Cooperating members and friends of ITI:

ARABIC-Kuwait,   ARABIC-Lebanon,  ARABIC– Sudan,
BANGLA,              BASQUE,                  BULGARIAN
CATALAN-1,        CATALAN-2,            CROATIAN,       CZECH,
DANISH,
FINNISH,
GERMAN,            GREEK,
JAPANESE-pdf,
KANNADA-pdf,    KURDISH,
LATVIAN
PILIPINO
SPANISH -Peru      
 

WORLD THEATRE DAY was created in 1961 by the International Theatre Institute (ITI). 
It is celebrated annually on the 27th March by ITI Centres and the international theatre community. Various national and international theatre events are organized to mark this occasion. 
One of the most important of these is the circulation of the World Theatre Day International Message through which  at the invitation of ITI, a figure of world stature shares his or her reflections on the theme of Theatre and a Culture of Peace.
The first World Theatre Day International Message was written by Jean Cocteau (France) in 1962.