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t THE MAIDS Madame's bedroom. Louis·Quinze furniture. Lace. Rear, a window opening on the front of the house opposite. Right., a bed. Left, a door and a dressing table. Flowers in pro. fusion. The time is evening. [CLAIRE, wearing a slip, is standing with her back to the dressing table. Her gestures-arm extended--<lrul tone are
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The Maids (French: Les Bonnes) is a 1947 play by the French dramatist Jean Genet. It was first performed at the Théâtre de l'Athénée in Paris in a production that opened on 17 April 1947, which Louis Jouvet directed. The play by the Maribor Slovene National Theatre in 1969
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34 pages • 1 hour read. Jean Genet. The Maids. Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1947. A modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, SuperSummary offers high-quality Study Guides with detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, and more. Download PDF. Access Full Guide. Generate discussion.
The Maids is an Absurdist drama by French author and playwright Jean Genet that was first performed in 1947 under the French title Les Bonnes. It centers on two maids—sisters Claire and Solange—and their complex relationships with each other and with Madame, their employer.
in his play, The Maids. It is the element of fake, of sham, of artificiality, Lh:1t attracts Genet in the theatre. He has turned dramati t because the falsehood of the stage is the most mani fest and fascinating of all. Perhaps nowhere has he lied more brazenly than in The Maids. Two maids both love and hate their mistress. They have
GB 71 THM/367/4/1/77. Dates of Creation. 1999. Physical Description. 3 items. Scope and Content. Translated by Martin Crimp.
