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The Fairies Are Thirsty

By (author): Denise Boucher

Translated by: Alan Brown

According to the 19th-century historian Michelet, “Les fées” were women who would rather sing than pray. For this crime, they were punished by being imprisoned in containers that would be opened only at the end of time. In Les fées ont soif (The Fairies Are Thirsty) Denise Bocher takes this image and focuses on it. The Fairies Are Thirsty is a daring, passionate and poetic exploration of the role of women through all time. In the play, three women—a housewife, a whore and the Virgin Mary—fight to break out of the stereotyped roles in which they have been imprisoned for centuries. At the end of the play they stand alone, “before themselves,” “renewed,” and ask the audience to imagine a world in which such stereotypes do not exist.

AUTHOR

Denise Boucher

Born in 1935, Denise Boucher has written many plays dealing with feminist issues, including The Fairies are Thirsty. She lives and continues to write in Montreal.

AUTHOR

Alan Brown

Alan Brown translated The Fairies Are Thirsty by Denise Boucher.

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“A powerful script and an important play.”
Montreal Gazette


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According to the 19th-century historian Michelet, “Les fées” were women who would rather sing than pray. For this crime, they were punished by being imprisoned in containers that would be opened only at the end of time. In Les fées ont soif (The Fairies Are Thirsty) Denise Bocher takes this image and focuses on it. The Fairies Are Thirsty is a daring, passionate and poetic exploration of the role of women through all time. In the play, three women—a housewife, a whore and the Virgin Mary—fight to break out of the stereotyped roles in which they have been imprisoned for centuries. At the end of the play they stand alone, “before themselves,” “renewed,” and ask the audience to imagine a world in which such stereotypes do not exist.

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Dimensions:

64 Pages
8.5in * 216mm * 5.5in * 140mm * 0.25in6mm
110gr
4oz

Published:

January 01, 1982

City of Publication:

Vancouver

Country of Publication:

CA

Publisher:

Talonbooks

ISBN:

9780889222007

Book Subjects:

DRAMA / Canadian

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Language:

eng

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