- Intellectual life, Continental european drama (dramatic works by one author), Drama, False personation
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.
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About the book
- Author
- Jean Genet
- First published
- December 1, 1997
- Pages
- 153
- Publisher
- Gwasg Capel Gwalch, Buch- und Schallplattenfreunde, Ayrinti Yayinlari
- Editions
- 79
- Language
- wel, German, French, und
- ISBN
- 9782070419036
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