Reflections on the Theatre by M. Jean Genet (9780571255788)

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Jean Genet's The Screens, hailed by many to be Genet's masterpiece, was staged in Paris in 1966 by the Jean-Louis Barrault-Madeleine Renaud Company. This epic 62-character play almost defies staging and, written at the height of the Algerian War, was initially considered unperformable in France due to the violent political reactions it was bound to arouse. It is one of the most original examples of the avant-garde theatre of the 1960s. all of Samuel Beckett's early plays. Blin giving his views on every aspect of The Screens' staging. His comments deal with the details of that play and that production, but also transcend them. What these letters add up to is a precise and fascinating compilation of Jean Genet's concept of the theatre. contains two essays by Genet, originally published in the French periodical Un Tel, giving his striking and highly personal views on life and art.

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