Blacks

An English translation of Genet's classic symbolic drama, first performed in Paris in 1959. France's master of the absurd explores racial prejudice and stereotypes using the framework of a play within a play. The New York Times hailed The Blacks as "e;one of the most original and stimulating evenings Broadway or Off Broadway has to offer,"e; while Newsweek raved that Genet's plays "e;constitute a body of work unmatched for poetic and theatrical power."e; "e;Genet's investigation of the color black begins where most plays of this burning theme leave off. . . . This vastly gifted Frenchman uses shocking words and images to cry out at the pretensions and injustices of our world."e; Howard Taubman, The New York Times