96 pages

Published Dec. 13, 1966 by Grove Press.

ISBN:
978-0-394-17214-9
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OCLC Number:
342090

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The setting of Jean Genet's celebrated play is a brothel that caters to refined sensibilities and peculiar tastes. Here men from all walks of life don the garb of their fantasies and act them out: a man from the gas company wears the robe and mitre of a bishop; another customer becomes a flagellant judge, and still another a victorious general, while a bank clerk defiles the Virgin mary. These costumed diversions take place while outside a revolution rages which has isolated the brothel from the rest of the rebel-controlled city. In a stunning series of macabre, climactic scenes, Genet presents his caustic view of man and society.

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Subjects

  • Prostitution -- Drama.
  • Revolutions -- Drama.
  • Brothels -- Drama.
  • False personation -- Drama.
  • Power (Philosophy) -- Drama.