The Blacks: A Clown Show

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 colour 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

© 1994 Grove Press (Ebook): 9780802194282

Release date

Ebook: 18 January 1994