Allalou (March 3, 1902 â€" February 20, 1992) was an Algerian
playwright, theatre director and actor known as the father of Algerian
theater.Allalou was born Ali Sellali on March 3, 1902, in the Casbah
of Algiers.Allalou who lost his father early began at the age of
thirteen to work to support his family. He successively practiced jobs
as pharmacy clerk, bookseller and tramway worker. His interest in the
artistic representation manifested itself early. At the age of
fifteen, he began frequenting the Foyer du soldat where he played
skits and sang songs (he was a visionary and eccentric comic singer),
becoming accustomed to venues. He precociously became familiar with
drama. He attended galas Karsenty and performances by Georges Abiad
and Azzedine's Egyptian theatre companies in the early twenties. This
encounter with theater gave him the idea to produce plays. He thus
began to produce sketches which dealt with subjects drawn primarily
from everyday life: marriage, divorce, alcoholism. These themes were
also included in the plays staged after 1926. Contacts with European
and especially Edmond Yafil, a great connoisseur of Algerian classical
music who devoted his life to the development of this art, made him
understand and appreciate music.Allalou died on February 20, 1992, in
Algiers.
playwright, theatre director and actor known as the father of Algerian
theater.Allalou was born Ali Sellali on March 3, 1902, in the Casbah
of Algiers.Allalou who lost his father early began at the age of
thirteen to work to support his family. He successively practiced jobs
as pharmacy clerk, bookseller and tramway worker. His interest in the
artistic representation manifested itself early. At the age of
fifteen, he began frequenting the Foyer du soldat where he played
skits and sang songs (he was a visionary and eccentric comic singer),
becoming accustomed to venues. He precociously became familiar with
drama. He attended galas Karsenty and performances by Georges Abiad
and Azzedine's Egyptian theatre companies in the early twenties. This
encounter with theater gave him the idea to produce plays. He thus
began to produce sketches which dealt with subjects drawn primarily
from everyday life: marriage, divorce, alcoholism. These themes were
also included in the plays staged after 1926. Contacts with European
and especially Edmond Yafil, a great connoisseur of Algerian classical
music who devoted his life to the development of this art, made him
understand and appreciate music.Allalou died on February 20, 1992, in
Algiers.
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