Le Balcon

The Balcony

Author

Jean Genet

Language

French

Year

1957

Country

France

Genre

Drama / Theatre / Plays

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The Balcony is a play by the French dramatist Jean Genet. It is set in an unnamed city that is experiencing a revolutionary uprising in the streets; most of the action takes place in an upmarket brothel that functions as a microcosm of the regime of the establishment under threat outside.