Used Book – The Maids, Jean Genet

Madame is good. Madame is rich. Madame is beautiful. Madame is generous. Is it for these reasons that Solange and Claire, her two maids, decide to kill her? Tragedy, drama, and comedy intertwine around these three characters in search of their identity. Created in 1947, Les Bonnes is now Genet's most performed play worldwide - The complete text of the work with footnotes - Eight fact sheets to explore the work 1. Jean Genet in 20 dates 2. The work in its context 3. The structure of the work 4. The major themes of the work 5. The theatrical text and its representation 6. Les Bonnes, a tragedy? 7. The New Theatre 8. Quotations - To prepare for the Baccalaureate - Linear explanations and guided topics to practice oral and written Baccalaureate exams - Grammar questions - Appropriation activities - Artistic and cultural extensions - Two text groupings 1. Role-playing in theatre 2. Social violence in literature.