An edition of Le balcon (1956)

The balcony (Le balcon)

a play in nine scenes.

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An edition of Le balcon (1956)

The balcony (Le balcon)

a play in nine scenes.

by , , and

  • ★★★ 3.0 (3 ratings) ·
  • 40 Want to read
  • 4 Currently reading
  • 4 Have read

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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Grove Press
Language
English
Pages
118

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Subjects

Intellectual life, Continental european drama (dramatic works by one author), Drama, False personation, Revolutions, Brothels, Power (Philosophy), Prostitution, Drama (dramatic works by one author)

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Cover of: The Balcony
The Balcony
January 21, 1994, Grove Press
Paperback in English - Revised edition
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Cover of: The Balcony
The Balcony
October 7, 1982, Routledge
Paperback in French - New Ed edition
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Cover of: The balcony
The balcony
1966, Grove Press, Grove/Atlantic, Incorporated
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Cover of: The balcony
The balcony: a play in nine scenes
1966, Grove
in English - Rev. ed. / tr. by Bernard Frechtman.
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Cover of: The balcony (Le balcon)
The balcony (Le balcon): a play in nine scenes
1966, Grove Press
in English
Cover of: The balcony
The balcony
1962, Grove Press
- Revised edition.
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Cover of: The balcony (Le balcon)
The balcony (Le balcon): a play in nine scenes.
1958, Grove Press
Hardcover in English
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Dewey Decimal Class
842.912
Library of Congress
PQ2613.E53 B313 1958a

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Hardcover
Pagination
118 p.
Number of pages
118

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OL6248314M
LCCN
58009490
Library Thing
172896

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"On the ceiling, a chandelier, which will remain the same in each scene."

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