The Blacks: A Clown Show

Fiction & Literature, Drama, Continental European, Nonfiction, Entertainment
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Author: Jean Genet ISBN: 9780802194282
Publisher: Grove Atlantic Publication: January 18, 1994
Imprint: Grove Press Language: English
Author: Jean Genet
ISBN: 9780802194282
Publisher: Grove Atlantic
Publication: January 18, 1994
Imprint: Grove Press
Language: English

An English translation of Genet’s classic symbolic drama, first performed in Paris in 1959.
 
France’s master of the absurd explores racial prejudice and stereotypes using the framework of a play within a play. The New York Times hailed The Blacks as “one of the most original and stimulating evenings Broadway or Off Broadway has to offer,” while Newsweek raved that Genet’s plays “constitute a body of work unmatched for poetic and theatrical power.”
 
“Genet’s investigation of the color black begins where most plays of this burning theme leave off. . . . This vastly gifted Frenchman uses shocking words and images to cry out at the pretensions and injustices of our world.” —Howard Taubman, The New York Times

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An English translation of Genet’s classic symbolic drama, first performed in Paris in 1959.
 
France’s master of the absurd explores racial prejudice and stereotypes using the framework of a play within a play. The New York Times hailed The Blacks as “one of the most original and stimulating evenings Broadway or Off Broadway has to offer,” while Newsweek raved that Genet’s plays “constitute a body of work unmatched for poetic and theatrical power.”
 
“Genet’s investigation of the color black begins where most plays of this burning theme leave off. . . . This vastly gifted Frenchman uses shocking words and images to cry out at the pretensions and injustices of our world.” —Howard Taubman, The New York Times

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