produced and played Hedda Gabler in 'Hedda Gabler'; produced two different productions of 'The Merchant of Venice'; wrote and produced the internationally acclaimed, award winning 'Aristides – the Outcast Hero'; in 2010 produced 'The Importance of Being Earnest', and a second production of 'The Cherry Orchard'; in 2011 produced 'A Woman of No Importance', and a second production of her own adaptation of 'The Maias', again playing Maria Eduarda; in 2012 produced for the second time 'Hamlet', and 'The Duchess of Malfi' in which she returned to the title role. This was the last production to be staged at the Greenwich Playhouse, a London leading, independent, studio theatre venue which she had artistically directed since 1995. Film In 2004, de Sousa co-founded 'Galleon Films Ltd.' for which they are developing four feature films: 'The Duchess of Malfi'; 'The Angel of Bordeaux'; 'Inês de Castro'; and ‘Lady Bare Knuckles’. In 1989 she founded Galleon Theatre Company Ltd. In December 1995, she founded The Prince Theatre (AKA Greenwich Playhouse Ltd.) where she staged thirty-eight in-house theatre productions until the venue closed in September 1998. In May 2000, following the successful outcome of a campaign to save the studio from closure, they re-opened the venue and renamed it Greenwich Playhouse. Writing De Sousa has written original stage scripts entitled ‘Inês de Castro’ and ‘Aristides: the Outcast Hero'; and theatre translations/adaptations of Eça de Queirós’ novels ‘Cousin Basilio’ and ‘The Maias’; Almeida Garrett's ‘The Pilgrim’ (Frei Luis de Sousa); Luis Sttau Monteiro's ‘Thankfully there is Moonlight!’ (Felizmente há Luar!); Bernardo Santareno's 'The Crime of the Old Village' (O Crime de Aldeia Velha); and Julio Dinis’ 'The Heiress of the Cane Fields' (Morgadinha dos Canaviais). As a screenwriter, she has written original film scripts of ‘Inês de Castro’; ‘The Angel of Bordeaux’ (AKA – Aristides: the Outcast Hero; her own filmic adaptation of John Webster's ‘The Duchess of Malfi’; and is writing ‘Lady Bare Knuckles’. Awards In 2001 and 2005 de Sousa won the Arts Council Playwright's Bursary. References British actresses British dramatists and playwrights Living people Alumni of London South Bank University Alumni of King's College London Place of birth missing (living people) Actresses from London Writers from London Year of birth missing (living people)