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New Brunswick's Blue-Collar Philosopher Lucien, the opinionated Acadian mill-worker and compulsive raconteur from Dalhousie on New Brunswick's North Shore, has had an unprecedented twelve year run since he first appeared in Fredericton, N.B. as part of a satirical Bicentennial revue, Maritime Mixed Grill. The character was created by New Brunswick theatre artist Marshall Button, who scratched together a two-minute monologue for what he thought would be a brief dinner-theatre run in February of 1984. Over the ensuing decade, the character “evolved” to the point of assimilating well-over six hours worth of bilingual material, which has found its way into two different full-length plays; “LUCIEN” and “LUCIEN’S LABOUR LOST” and countless short commentary-performances on CBC’s Morningside, and Sunday Morning. Marshall has performed Lucien on over 700 occasions from coast to coast in every Canadian province. Through every performance in every locale and province across Canada, Lucien has become New Brunswick’s cultural ambassador. In many ways, for Lucien to tell his story is to tell the story of the region and its people. In his humorous, heartfelt manner, he had been serving up a slice of New Brunswick cultural life that the rest of Canada has been feasting on for over a decade. The cultural significance and value of the character is also derived from the fact that Lucien’s home is New Brunswick. Canada’s only officially bilingual province, New Brunswick has been best described as a microcosm of Canada, a scaled down version of its english and french partners co-existing, forming a unique society. Lucien is an expression of this founding province of confederation – its culture, society, philosophy, way of life. In his unique Acadian blend of english and french (sometimes known as franglais) Lucien offers his views on everything from religion, politics, relationships, work, sports, health and nutrition, the environment, technology – from a humorous perspective that many Canadians can relate to. With his folksy charm and wit, Lucien is able to provide a snapshot of what is going on in the hearts and minds of many Canadians from Victoria to St. John’s. His reception and identification as “every working man” enhances his appeal – an appeal that transcends geographic, occupational, socio-economic, cultural and linguistic boundaries.
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