Play Database : The Maids

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The information below is intended to give you a brief guide to the show and highlight some of the other Casting Call Pro members who have also been involved in this show.

The Maids

Author

Jean Genet

Written

1947

Setting

France

Overview

Genet loosely based his play on the infamous Papin sisters, Lea and Christine, who brutally murdered their employer and her daughter in Le Mans, France, in 1933, although the play is not the story of the Papin sisters as such. Solange and Claire are two housemaids who construct elaborate sadomasochistic rituals when their mistress (Madame) is away. The focus of their theatrical playing is the murder of Madame, and they take turns portraying either side of the power divide. The deliberate pace and devotion to detail guarantees that they always fail to actualize their fantasies by ceremoniously "killing" Madame at the ritual's denouement. The play was first produced by Louis Jouvet in 1947.

Characters

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Claire

Madame

Solange

Members of Casting Call Pro who have been involved in The Maids

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