Marie Tifo revives the text of The madness of loveaccording to letters of Marie de l’Incarnation, of which it is the 350e anniversary of death this year.
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The madness of love was created in 2009 in collaboration with Jean-Daniel Lafond, who also made a film from it (Mad of God, in 2008). This show, directed by Lorraine Pintal, was the first and remains the only solo performed by actress Marie Tifo.
Celebrated when it premiered at the Trident in Quebec and when it was revived at the TNM, the show will be presented in a “theatrical reading” version on October 15 in the Ursulines chapel, in Quebec, near the tomb of Marie de l’Incarnation. It is part of a larger program aimed at highlighting the 350e anniversary of the death of the mystical founder of the Ursuline convent in Quebec.
Marie de l’Incarnation, born Marie Guyart, was born in Tours in 1599. She entered the Ursuline convent in this city when her son was 12 years old. She embarked for New France with the objective of evangelizing young Aboriginal people and began her impressive correspondence – thousands of letters – as soon as she arrived.
A large part of her letters are addressed to her son Claude (also a priest) to whom she describes life in the colony, but also her mystical relationship with God. “The most beautiful part of his letters”, said Marie Tifo in an interview with The Press in 2009.