Maurice Valency

Maurice Valency (22 March 1903 – 28 September 1996) was a playwright, author, critic, and popular professor of Comparative Literature at Columbia University, best known for his award-winning adaptations of plays by Jean Giraudoux and Friedrich Dürrenmatt. He wrote several original plays, but is best known for his adaptations of the plays of others. Valency's version of The Madwoman of Chaillot would become the basis of the Jerry Herman musical Dear World on Broadway.

Maurice Valency
Born22 March 1903
New York City, New York
Died28 September 1996
New York City
OccupationPlaywright, Author, Critic
NationalityAmerican
Alma materCity College of New York
Columbia Universityhttps://www.nytimes.com/1996/09/29/nyregion/maurice-valency-93-theatrical-master-dies.htmlmau
Notable worksadaptations of The Visit,
The Madwoman of Chaillot, Ondine, The Apollo of Bellac
Notable awardsNew York Drama Critics' Circle best foreign play (3 times)
Tony Award nomination for Best Play in 1959
SpouseJanet Cornell

He is also noted for his book The Flower and the Castle: An Introduction to Modern Drama. John Gassner in his review of this book said that Mr. Valency brought to his work "a lifetime of study and experience as well as a viewpoint both Olympian and engaged." Valency also wrote television plays, adaptations of librettos, novels, and academic works on Chekhov, Strindberg, Ibsen and Shaw.

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