Simone Benmussa (5 June 1932 â€" 4 June 2001) was an Algerian born
writer and theatre director in France. One of her best known plays was
The Singular Life of Albert NobbsShe was born into a Jewish family in
Tunis and attended the private Catholic school Notre-Dame de Sion
there. She studied philosophy at the Sorbonne and also attended
Sciences Po. She went on to work at various theatres with Jean-Louis
Barrault. From 1957 to 1989, she was editor-in-chief for Les Cahiers
Renaud-Barrault [fr]. When French president Charles De Gaulle removed
Barrault from the directorship of the Odéon-Théâtre de l'Europe
because of his support for the student revolt of 1968, Benmussa was
put in charge of theatrical works at publisher Éditions
Gallimard.[1][2][3]Although she wrote her own play narratives,
Benmussa was perhaps best known for her play The Singular Life of
Albert Nobbs, which was based on a short story by George Moore. Her
play was translated into English and performed in London and New York
City. She also developed plays from the works of Henry James, Sigmund
Freud, Virginia Woolf, Tolstoy, Nathalie Sarraute, Edith Wharton,
Gertrude Stein and others.[1]She published several books and produced
a documentary film Regards sur Nathalie Sarraute in 1978[2]
writer and theatre director in France. One of her best known plays was
The Singular Life of Albert NobbsShe was born into a Jewish family in
Tunis and attended the private Catholic school Notre-Dame de Sion
there. She studied philosophy at the Sorbonne and also attended
Sciences Po. She went on to work at various theatres with Jean-Louis
Barrault. From 1957 to 1989, she was editor-in-chief for Les Cahiers
Renaud-Barrault [fr]. When French president Charles De Gaulle removed
Barrault from the directorship of the Odéon-Théâtre de l'Europe
because of his support for the student revolt of 1968, Benmussa was
put in charge of theatrical works at publisher Éditions
Gallimard.[1][2][3]Although she wrote her own play narratives,
Benmussa was perhaps best known for her play The Singular Life of
Albert Nobbs, which was based on a short story by George Moore. Her
play was translated into English and performed in London and New York
City. She also developed plays from the works of Henry James, Sigmund
Freud, Virginia Woolf, Tolstoy, Nathalie Sarraute, Edith Wharton,
Gertrude Stein and others.[1]She published several books and produced
a documentary film Regards sur Nathalie Sarraute in 1978[2]
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