Robert Thomas (28 September 1927 in Gap, Hautes-Alpes â€" 3 January
1989) was a French writer, actor and film director.As a writer, almost
from the beginning, he was fascinated by a curious genre that he
helped invent: the comédie policière or comedy thriller, of which
Eight Women is an example. In 1960, Thomas had a hit with Man Trap, a
humorous murder mystery which was an overnight success in Paris.
Alfred Hitchcock bought the rights and the play established Thomas as
a writer of psychological crime dramas with a distinctively Gallic
comic twist. The following year the second outing of Eight Women was
far more successful as it won the Hachette Prix du Quai des Orfevres
for Best Play in 1961.Thomas was a prolific actor, playwright and
movie director. If he is best known for Eight Women it is probably
because it was adapted into a movie musical by François Ozon in 2002
with a star-studded line-up that included Catherine Deneuve, Fanny
Ardant and Emmanuelle Béart. Thomas’s plays were never fashionable
and he was often dismissed by French critics but he was a popular
dramatist. By the time he was 18, he claimed he had read every play
published in French since 1900.Thomas died in 1989 in Paris.
1989) was a French writer, actor and film director.As a writer, almost
from the beginning, he was fascinated by a curious genre that he
helped invent: the comédie policière or comedy thriller, of which
Eight Women is an example. In 1960, Thomas had a hit with Man Trap, a
humorous murder mystery which was an overnight success in Paris.
Alfred Hitchcock bought the rights and the play established Thomas as
a writer of psychological crime dramas with a distinctively Gallic
comic twist. The following year the second outing of Eight Women was
far more successful as it won the Hachette Prix du Quai des Orfevres
for Best Play in 1961.Thomas was a prolific actor, playwright and
movie director. If he is best known for Eight Women it is probably
because it was adapted into a movie musical by François Ozon in 2002
with a star-studded line-up that included Catherine Deneuve, Fanny
Ardant and Emmanuelle Béart. Thomas’s plays were never fashionable
and he was often dismissed by French critics but he was a popular
dramatist. By the time he was 18, he claimed he had read every play
published in French since 1900.Thomas died in 1989 in Paris.
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