{"product_id":"blacks","title":"Blacks","description":"\u003cp\u003e'One evening,' wrote Jean Genet in a prefatory note to \u003ci\u003eThe Blacks\u003c\/i\u003e (1959), 'an actor asked me to write a play for an all-black cast. But what exactly is a black? First of all, what's his colour?'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eStereotyping, masking and clowning would be the tools with which Genet dissected settled ideas of race and identity in this, one of his most successful (and controversial) works for the stage.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'In form, [\u003ci\u003eThe Blacks\u003c\/i\u003e] flows as freely as an improvisation, with fantasy, allegory  and intimations of reality mingled into a weird, stirring unity... Genet's investigation of the color black begins where most plays of this  burning theme leave off.' \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Faber \u0026 Faber","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54224146039128,"sku":"9780571251520","price":17.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780571251520.jpg?v=1779162346","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/blacks","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}