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The Balcony

Full-Length Play, Drama  /  4w, 9m

Bernard Frechtman, Jean Genet

Translated by Bernard Frechtman

"Genet's dramas have a shocking power and fascination that lies in the impression they create that here is the complete and unshackled expression of the utterly evil and decadent mind, set down with a kind of grotesque pride and in entire honesty." -…

The Balcony

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Genet's horrifying vision has aroused violent controversy. Kenneth Tynan called it "a theatrical experience as startling as anything since Ibsen's revelation about syphilis." The setting is a brothel in the midst of a revolution that has wiped out all the real holders of power except the Chief of Police, who now enlists the regular customers to play out the fantasy roles that destiny has denied them. In macabre, climactic scenes, the playwright develops his mocking view of man and society.

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"Genet's dramas have a shocking power and fascination that lies in the impression they create that here is the complete and unshackled expression of the utterly evil and decadent mind, set down with a kind of grotesque pride and in entire honesty." - The New York Post

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Bernard Frechtman

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Jean Genet

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