[3] After the end of his job with the National Theatre School in 1964 he returned to France, but moved back to Montreal in 1970 to become artistic director of the Théâtre du Nouveau Monde, and would remain based in Montreal for the remainder of his life and career.
[4] He also later founded the Nouveau Théâtre expérimental theatre company with Robert Gravel and Pol Pelletier.
[4] As a playwright, his plays included Quichotte (1969),[1] La Vie et mort du roi boiteux (1981),[5] Le Mandragore (1982),[6] Le Titanic (1985),[7] Les objets parlent (1986),[8] Mao Tsé Toung ou Soirée de musique au consulat (1987),[9] and Autour de Phédre (1988).
[1] Theatre critic Marianne Ackerman once described Ronfard's work as "Imagine Monty Python tackling the complete works of William Shakespeare with an intimate knowledge of the mafiosi and Quebec cultures to lean on.
"[5] He acted primarily on stage, but also had occasional film and television roles, and directed productions of plays by writers such as Aeschylus, Alfred Jarry, Eugène Ionesco, Claude Gauvreau, Réjean Ducharme, Jean Barbeau, and Robert Claing.