Performance+Analysis+Unit+4

** The purpose of the OUTCOME 3 analysis is to focus on the ACTING in the interpretation of the performance. Genet is a fascinating character in himself he was abandoned as a child and spent most of his life in and out of jail, he developed distinct political and social views on how people are treated in society and wrote plays stories and films. **
 * // The Maids //**** by Jean Genet, translated by Martin Crimp **

Perilous Productions

//Venue:// La Mama, 205 Faraday Street, Carlton //Season :// Wed Aug 10 - Sun Aug 28 At this stage we are seeing Wed 10th of August The play, //The Maids//, is described as an example of //“//Theatre of the Absurd”. This production will feature a heightened ritualised style, involving elements of theatre of the grotesque, butoh and burlesque. Everything about this play is artificial, fake, a sham. The maids will be played by male actors; middle-aged men enslaved by a woman they can never be, a Butoh Queen. They play out the ritual of being women, who play the roles of each other and of their Madame, to the death. The design will be non-naturalistic to support the ritual, which will be excessive in its theatrical gestures, and pay homage to Genet’s concern about always remembering the artifice of the players. Through analysis of characters, their motivations and changing status, this production will seek to create a ritualised physical language, demonstrating how non verbal language can convey meaning in a play.

[[file:Study Guide for The Maids.doc]]
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There is the **film version** in segments on You tube but I would only recommend this after you have seen the show to help remember aspects of the production and script. [] or you can hire it from the video shop!

An Interview with Jean Genet []

Theatre of the Absurd [

__**BUTOH theatre and Genet**__

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tatsumi_Hijikata The work of Hijikata was directly influenced by GENET and his style developed from some of genets work