The Execution (Talonplays) - Softcover
The Execution is Marie-Claire Blais’s only play for the stage. Set in a boarding school, it tells the story of two schoolboys who plot the murder of one of their classmates and enact the crime. As a play, it is a study of innocence, evil and complicity, themes well-known to readers of Blais’s fiction.
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Marie-Claire Blais
Born in Quebec, Marie-Claire Blais published her first novel at the age of 20, and has gone on to publish 20 novels to date in France and Quebec—all of which have been translated into English—in addition to five plays and several collections of poetry. All of her writings have met with international acclaim. Winner of the Prix Médicis, the Prix Belgo-Canadien, the Prix France-Québec and many others, Blais continues to devote herself to work that is proud and exacting.
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Born in Quebec, Marie-Claire Blais published her first novel at the age of 20, and has gone on to publish 20 novels to date in France and Quebec—all of which have been translated into English—in addition to five plays and several collections of poetry. All of her writings have met with international acclaim. Winner of the Prix Médicis, the Prix Belgo-Canadien, the Prix France-Québec and many others, Blais continues to devote herself to work that is proud and exacting.
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- PublisherTalonbooks
- Publication date1976
- ISBN 10 0889221030
- ISBN 13 9780889221031
- BindingPaperback
- Edition number1
- Number of pages104
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Book Description Paperback. Condition: Good. First Edition Thus. Wraps. ISBN:0889221030. 8vo.pp.104. Signed presentation from the author:"To Renata and Klaus, en les remembriant de leur extr me gentilesse et de la sensibilit tr s sp ciale.with love, Marie-Claire." Theatre play for a cast of ten, plus 'Choeur des El ves. Set in a private school for boys. First performed at the Th tre du Rideau Vert, Montreal, on 15th March, 1968. Directed by Yvette Brind'Amour. Designed by Hugo Wuetrich. Costumes by Fran cois Bareau. Original cast included Daniel Gadouas, Andr Bernier, Hubert Gagnon, and Sylvain Tellier. Original publisher's card binding in dramatic black with white lettering and production photograph. Marie-Claire Blais (b.1939) is a French Canadian writer, novelist, poet, and playwright from the province of Quebec. Clean, very good. Signedes. Seller Inventory # C77315
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