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The Blacks, Paperback / softback Book

The Blacks Paperback / softback

Paperback / softback

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'One evening,' wrote Jean Genet in a prefatory note to The Blacks (1959), 'an actor asked me to write a play for an all-black cast.

But what exactly is a black? First of all, what's his colour?'Stereotyping, masking and clowning would be the tools with which Genet dissected settled ideas of race and identity in this, one of his most successful (and controversial) works for the stage. 'In form, [The Blacks] flows as freely as an improvisation, with fantasy, allegory and intimations of reality mingled into a weird, stirring unity...

Genet's investigation of the color black begins where most plays of this burning theme leave off.' New York Times

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  • Format:Paperback / softback
  • Pages:96 pages
  • Publisher:Faber & Faber
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  • ISBN:9780571251520

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  • Out of stock

  • Format:Paperback / softback
  • Pages:96 pages
  • Publisher:Faber & Faber
  • Publication Date:
  • Category:
  • ISBN:9780571251520