English translation of Genet's play, written in 1948 and first published in French posthumously in 1993. Introduction by Edmund White.
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Jean Genet (1910–1986)
Jean Genet (1910–1986) was a French novelist, playwright, poet, essayist, and political writer.
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Unfinished play, first published posthumously by L'Arbalète in 1994.
English title: Splendid's. Police-thriller play written in 1948. Long believed destroyed by Genet; the manuscript was rediscovered and the work was first published posthumously by L'Arbalète in 1993.
Written circa 1955 and first published posthumously by L'Arbalète in 1989.
English translation of Les Paravents.
English title: The Screens. First published by L'Arbalète in 1961. French stage premiere at the Odéon–Théâtre de France in 1966, directed by Roger Blin.
English translation of Les Nègres: clownerie.
English title: The Blacks: A Clown Show. First published by L'Arbalète in 1958. Premiered at the Théâtre de Lutèce in Paris on October 28, 1959.
English translation of Le Balcon. Later revised Grove Press editions followed.
English title: The Balcony. First published by L'Arbalète in 1956; revised in 1962. First staged in English at the Arts Theatre Club in London in 1957. French premiere at the Théâtre du Gymnase in Paris on May 18, 1960.
English-language volume containing two plays. Introduction by Jean-Paul Sartre. The original French works were published separately: Les Bonnes in 1947 and Haute surveillance in 1949.
English title: Deathwatch. Published by Gallimard in 1949. Premiered at the Théâtre des Mathurins in Paris on February 26, 1949.
English title: The Maids. First published by L'Arbalète in 1947. Premiered at the Théâtre de l'Athénée in Paris on April 19, 1947, directed by Louis Jouvet. Revised version published in 1958.