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The Balcony (1963) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. The Balcony, by Jean Genet. The copy I have is translated by Bernard Frechtman. I love Jean Genet. (Not as much as Emily does, perhaps Genet is one of Emily’s passions, and through her posts on Genet, I have re-looked at the plays of his that I have. It’s been very fun.). London: Faber and Faber. And Frechtman, Bernard. The balcony / by Jean Genet; translated by Bernard Frechtman Faber and Faber London 1958. Australian/Harvard Citation. & Frechtman, Bernard. 1958, The balcony / by Jean Genet; translated by Bernard Frechtman Faber and Faber London.
The performance of March 12th is cancelled due to the threat of COVID-19.
Important notice! Recommended 18+
For the Opening of the reconstructed Stage – a new production by Internationally acclaimed contemporary French theater director Eric Lacascade.
The director famous for his expressive stage adaptations of classical dramas presented an original adaptation of Uncle Vania to the Lithuanian public ten years ago (OKT / Vilnius City Theater). New production of Lacascade in Lithuania is based on the classic of the 20th century French playwright Jean Genet’s play.
The Balcony is considered one of the most significant drama works in the 20th century. An influential drama theorist Martin Esslin has called The Balcony ‘one of the masterpieces of our time’. Its main characters are government representatives and guardians of public morality, secretly using the services of The house of illusion (a traditional name for a French brothel). Genet provocatively portrays modern society, tearing away the masks of social roles and revealing the nature of power. Vaudeville and philosophy, revolution and counter-revolution, illusion and reality are intertwined in the play. The Balcony has been staged in different theaters of the world many times. The play was interpreted by the great stage masters, such as Peter Zadek, Peter Brook, Erwin Piscator, and Giorgio Strehler, as well as by a US director of Lithuanian origin JoAnne Akalaitis.
Lacascade’s The Balcony will include different spaces of the Youth Theater. The creative team of the performance promise an intriguing journey through the theater building as a small model of society, which will question our perceptions of the theater of life, acting, and truth. This will be the first staging of The Balcony by Genet in Lithuania.
The Balcony | |
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Directed by | Joseph Strick |
Produced by | Ben Maddow Joseph Strick |
Written by | Jean Genet Ben Maddow |
Starring | Shelley Winters Peter Falk Leonard Nimoy Ruby Dee Lee Grant |
Cinematography | George J. Folsey |
Edited by | Chester W. Schaeffer |
Distributed by | Continental Distributing |
Release date | |
Running time | 84 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Box office | $1,200,000 (US/Canada)[1] |
The Balcony is a 1963 film adaptation of Jean Genet's 1957 play The Balcony, directed by Joseph Strick. It stars Shelley Winters, Peter Falk, Lee Grant and Leonard Nimoy. George J. Folsey was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Cinematography. Ben Maddow was nominated for a Writers Guild of America Award. The film also credits the photographer Helen Levitt as an assistant director and Verna Fields as the sound editor.[2]
Plot[edit]
Shelley Winters plays the madam of a brothel where customers play out their erotic fantasies, oblivious to a revolution that is sweeping the country. When her old friend, the chief of police (Peter Falk), asks her to impersonate the missing queen in order to reassure the people and halt the revolution, she offers instead that three of her customers play the general, bishop and chief justice, all of whom have died in the revolution.[3]
Reception[edit]
Shortly after its release, the film was negatively reviewed by The New York Times' critic Bosley Crowther,[4] but favorably reviewed in Variety: 'With Jean Genet's apparent approval, Joe Strick and Ben Maddow have eliminated the play's obscene language (though it's still plenty rough) and clarified some of its obscurations. The result is a tough, vivid and dispassionate fantasy.'[5]
Following the release of the DVD in 2000, Karl Wareham also reviewed the film favorably: 'The Balcony is recommended for those who like an enigma of a film, one that tugs at your subconscious long after the titles fade. It’s a film that reaches to the very heart of why our society works in the way it does, and presents unrelenting questions and dilemmas.'[6]
Preservation[edit]
The Academy Film Archive preserved The Balcony in 2010.[7]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
The Balcony Genet Film
- ^'Top Rental Features of 1963', Variety, January 8, 1964, p 71. Please note figures are rentals as opposed to total gross.
- ^The Balcony at IMDb
- ^'The Balcony (1963) - Overview - TCM.com'. Turner Classic Movies.
- ^Crowther, Bosley (March 22, 1963). ''The Balcony' Emerges as Labored Mockery'. The New York Times. Retrieved 2018-11-21.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
- ^Variety Staff (1963). 'The Balcony'. Variety. Archived from the original on January 29, 2016. Retrieved January 6, 2009.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
- ^Wareham, Karl (2004-03-17). 'DVD Times - The Balcony'. DVD Times. Archived from the original on April 26, 2005.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
- ^'Preserved Projects'. Academy Film Archive.
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External links[edit]
- The Balcony at Rotten Tomatoes
- The Balcony at IMDb
Genet The Balcony Pdf
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The Balcony Jean Genet Summary
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