For Jean Genet's The Maids at Watermans
Watermans has seven pairs of tickets to be won worth £24 (one pair for each night of the run).
Just answer this simple question:
When Jean Genet wrote The Maids, he intended that the parts of the maids should be played by men. In this new production during the run, the parts of the maids will be played by?
a) Men only
b) Women only
c) Both men and women
Please answer a, b or c, by e-mail to info@watermans.org.uk. before Friday 20 February. Winners will be notified by e-mail.
Please also provide your address and telephone number so we can send you your tickets.
Genet was a close friend of Sartre. The Maids was his first and some believe best play. It was inspired by a famous murder in the 1930's when the Papin sisters turned on their abusive and exploitative employer. It caused a scandal when it opened in Paris in 1947, for its stark portrayal of seething working class discontent.
The Maids challenges audiences to reconsider intimate female relationships and the origins of the violence and passion that directs the actions of the central characters.
In this startling new interpretation by director Samir Bhamra the setting has been transposed to India, where he finds remarkable parallels in Indian culture not least from his own experiences.
February 6, 2009
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