Author(s): Jean Genet; Benedict Andrews (Translator); Andrew Upton (Translator)

Performing Arts Drama Plays

In a luxurious bedroom, two maids fantasize about killing their employer, playing out dangerous and sadistic scenarios as they plan her violent death.

An intense psychological thriller, The Maids offers a vicious analysis of the class system and a provocative exploration of sexuality.
Jean Genet's masterpiece The Maids has not been seen in the West End for twenty years. This contemporary adaptation by Benedict Andrews and Andrew Upton receives its UK premiere at the Trafalgar Studios, London, in February 2016.