Théâtre : Elle est là - C'est beau - Isma - Le mensonge - Le silence
Gallimard|Paris 1978|14 x 20.50 cm|broché
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⬨ 88063
First collected edition, of which there were no deluxe copies, a Service de Presse (advance) copy. Spine very lightly sunned without consequence, handsome copy. Affectionate autograph inscription signed by Nathalie Sarraute to her great friend the stage director, playwright and writer Simone Benmussa: "A Simone, avec beaucoup d'admiration et de profonde affection. Nathalie." ("To Simone, with much admiration and deep affection. Nathalie.") Literary adviser to the Jean-Louis Barrault - Madeleine Renaud Company, then, in 1957, editor-in-chief of the Cahiers Renaud-Barrault, Simone Benmussa also directed, from the Odéon theatre, the cultural service and the Cahiers of the Renaud-Barrault company. She adapted for the theatre works by her friend Nathalie Sarraute including "Enfance" in 1984 (with the recorded voice of Nathalie Sarraute) and "Pour unoui ou pour un non" in 1987, Pierre Klossowski, Jean Cocteau, Gertrude Stein, Samuel Beckett... She was the companion of actress Erika Kralik.