Geneviève Serreau

Geneviève Serreau (15 August 1915 in Oléron – 2 October 1981) was a 20th-century French stage actress and playwright.

Geneviève Serreau made her debut as a comedian before she devoted herself with Benno Besson to the translation into French of several works by German playwright Bertolt Brecht, including Mother Courage and Her Children. She also authored Histoire du nouveau théâtre. She realized numerous mises en scène and stage adaptations, including that of The Sea Wall by Marguerite Duras.

Geneviève Serreau was married to theatre director Jean-Marie Serreau with whom she had three children: Dominique Serreau, Coline Serreau and Nicolas Serreau.

Plays Serreau wrote the following plays from 1946 to 1971: 1946: Le Marchand d'étoiles, directed by Jean-Marie Serreau, Théâtre des Bouffes du Nord 1955: Le soldat Bourquin 1959: Le fondateur 1960: The Sea Wall by Marguerite Duras, directed by Jean-Marie Serreau, Studio des Champs-Élysées 1962: Ressac 1968: Bertolt Brecht dramaturge 1971: L'Escalier de Silas, directed by Michel Peyrelon, Théâtre du Vieux-Colombier