Robert Thomas

The following year, Eight Women won the Hachette Prix du Quai des Orfevres for Best Play. Eight Women was adapted into a movie musical by François Ozon in 2002 with roles played by actors including Catherine Deneuve, Fanny Ardant and Emmanuelle Béart. Thomas died in 1989 in Paris.

The recorded working language is French. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are detective fiction, comedy and drama fiction. Works named in the authority record are Mon Curé Chez les Nudistes. Distinctions recorded are Prix du Quai des Orfèvres.

• Born — 28 September 1927 • Birthplace — Gap, Hautes-Alpes • Died — 3 January 1989 • Place of death — Paris • Occupation — Playwright and Director • Notable Works — 8 Women • Awards — 1961 Hachette Prix du Quai des Orfevres for Best Play Robert Thomas (28 September 1927 in Gap, Hautes-Alpes – 3 January 1989) was a French playwright and 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 Piège Pour un Homme Seul (Trap for a Single Man), 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, Eight Women won the Hachette Prix du Quai des Orfevres for Best Play. Eight Women was adapted into a movie musical by François Ozon in 2002 with roles played by actors including Catherine Deneuve, Fanny Ardant and Emmanuelle Béart. Thomas died in 1989 in Paris.