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Susan Glover on Coma Unplugged... (3:01)"It's challenging because all of the characters aside from the main character, Daniel, are there because they are in his coma. I'm playing his mom, but he's imaginging that I'm there. So I'm actually playing his perception of his mother, which can be a little bit different. So really, if you think about it, I am just an actress... but I'm also being seen through the eyes of Daniel, the guy in the coma. It's twisted and it's interesting, and it's funny and very touching as well." |
Interviewer: Lyne Paquette
Interviewee: Susan Glover
LP: Hello.
SG: Hi.
LP: Can you present yourself and tell us what you'll be doing on Coma Unplugged?
SG: I'm Susan Glover. I'm an actress based here, in Montreal. And I'm playing 'Madeleine' who is the mother of the main character of Coma Unplugged--the gentleman who is in a coma.
LP: So what attracted you to this play?
SG: There are a few things that attrated me. I worked on the workshop of the original translation from French into English which was translated by a very, very good friend of mine, Micheline Chevrier. So that was one attraction. The other was that Zach Fraser, who's directing it, I did a play with last year and really looked forward to working with him again. And I also really like the mandate of Talisman Theatre. I have always felt that we are in such a unique placement as an English community in Quebec. There's not really that many companies really that take advantage of the proximity that we have and of the identity that we have as English people in Quebec which I think is very distinct, and a lot of people shy away from that, or a little bit apologetic about it, maybe, you know, that we're not quite what Quebec is, but we're definitely part of Quebec, and we don't have enough pride in that I think, in how distinct we really are. We're not like any other English population in Canada--we're English Quebecers.
LP: So what are the challenges of playing your character, Madeleine?
SG: It's challenging because all of the characters aside from the main character, Daniel, are there because they are in his coma. I'm playing his mom, but he's imaginging that I'm there. So I'm actually playing his perception of his mother, which can be a little bit different. So really, if you think about it, I am just an actress and I'm being directed by a director, but I'm also being seen through the eyes of Daniel, the guy in the coma. It's twisted and it's interesting, and it's funny and very touching as well.
LP: Well good. Thank you!
SG: Thank you!
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