The Maids

Jean Genet's The Maids follows sisters Claire and Solange, who take turns impersonating their wealthy mistress in increasingly dangerous role-playing games while she is away. Their rituals reveal deep-seated resentment, envy, and a desperate longing for freedom from their servitude. This landmark of absurdist theater blurs the boundaries between reality and performance, identity and disguise, in a darkly fascinating exploration of class, power, and rebellion.