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Haute Surveillance [Deathwatch]

Haute Surveillance [Deathwatch]

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Haute Surveillance [Deathwatch]

by [Charles Boyer's copy] Genet, Jean

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12mo (7 3/8 x 5 1/4 inches; 188 x 131 mm), 103, [3] pages, in printed cream wrappers over heavy card stock (soft cover).

Actor Charles Boyer's copy of Jean Genet's startling play about three prisoners in the same cell. One of only 60 hors commerce copies, comprising the entire edition, on Lana de Docelles paper. (Eight of the 60 copies were numbered. Ours is an unnumbered copy.) The justification page states: "Exemplaire de Monsieur CHARLES BOYER." (See photo). Text in French.

Haute Surveillance [Deathwatch] was Jean Genet's earliest play and was first performed in Paris in 1949. As drama critic Martin Esslin notes in "The Theatre of the Absurd," the play "is largely a dramatized form of the type of story [Genet] tells in his lyrical narratives about the lives of criminals and convicts."

CONDITION: Heavy age toning to the wrappers, far less so internally. Numerous pages are unopened along the top edges. A Very Good copy.


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Bookseller
Le Bookiniste, ABAA-ILAB-IOBA US (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #
604
Title
Haute Surveillance [Deathwatch]
Author
[Charles Boyer's copy] Genet, Jean
Book Condition
Used - Very Good
Quantity Available
1
Edition
First Edition, First Printing
Binding
Paperback
Publisher
Les Cinéastes-Bibliophiles
Place of Publication
Paris
Date Published
1947
Weight
0.00 lbs
Keywords
Theatre; Jean Genet; Performing Arts; French Authors
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Theatre;

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