Description for The Balcony
Paperback. In a brothel of an unnamed French city the madam, Irma, directs a series of fantastical scenarios - a bishop forgives a penitent, a judge punishes a thief, a general rides astride his horse. Outside, an uprising threatens to engulf the streets. Num Pages: 112 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 137 x 10. Weight in Grams: 150.
Jean Genet's The Balcony, which premiered in 1957, is acknowledged as one of the founding plays of modern theatre: philosopher Lucien Goldmann dubbed it 'the first great Brechtian play in French literature'.
In a brothel of an unnamed French city the madam, Irma, directs a series of fantastical scenarios - a bishop forgives a penitent, a judge punishes a thief, a general rides astride his horse. Outside, an uprising threatens to engulf the streets. The patrons of the brothel wait anxiously for the chief of police to arrive, but in his place comes the queen's envoy to inform the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Faber & Faber United Kingdom
Number of pages
112
Condition
New
Number of Pages
112
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780571250301
SKU
V9780571250301
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Ref
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About Jean Genet
Jean Genet was born in Paris in 1910. An illegitimate child who never knew his parents, he was abandoned to the Public Assistance Authorities. He was ten when he was sent to a reformatory for stealing; thereafter he spent time in the prisons of nearly every country he visited in thirty years of prowling through the European underworld. With ten ... Read more
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