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Item Details
Title:
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DEATHWATCH
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By: |
Jean Genet |
Format: |
Paperback |
List price:
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£12.00 |
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ISBN 10: |
057125151X |
ISBN 13: |
9780571251513 |
Publisher: |
FABER & FABER |
Pub. date: |
21 May, 2009 |
Edition: |
Main |
Pages: |
40 |
Description: |
Three convicts share a cramped prison cell. There is no question as to which of them is the dominant dog in the pack: Green Eyes (Yeux-Verts) has brutally murdered a woman and is to be executed. Lefranc and the younger novice-like Maurice are inside for less grave crimes. But both of them covet Green Eyes' attention... |
Synopsis: |
Deathwatch, Jean Genet's earliest, shortest and most formally straightforward play, was first performed in Paris in 1949. It retains an intense power and makes an excellent introduction to his later dramas - The Maids, The Balcony, The Blacks, The Screens. The French text of Deathwatch, published by Gallimard, was extensively altered by Genet during rehearsal; and Bernard Frechtman's translation is of the final 'performance' version, which supersedes the original published text. Three convicts share a cramped prison cell. There is no question as to which of them is the dominant dog in the pack: Green Eyes (Yeux-Verts) has brutally murdered a woman and is to be executed. Lefranc and the younger novice-like Maurice are inside for less grave crimes. But both of them covet Green Eyes' attention, baiting each other in the process, a duel that drives inexorably toward violence. |
Publication: |
UK |
Imprint: |
Faber & Faber |
Returns: |
Non-returnable |
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