An edition of Le balcon (1956)

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An edition of Le balcon (1956)

Le balcon

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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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Methuen Educational
Language
French
Pages
228

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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: Le balcon
Le balcon
1982, Methuen Educational
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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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Methuen's twentieth century texts

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Dewey Decimal Class
842/.912
Library of Congress
PQ2613.E53

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Pagination
228p. ;
Number of pages
228

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OL21405361M
ISBN 10
0423509802
Goodreads
1598349

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

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