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The False Servant

The False Servant

by Martin Crimp (Author), Martin Crimp (Author), Pierre Marivaux (Author)

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    Paperback 2004

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Synopsis

I may be your servant in the theatre, but in real life, sweetheart, you are my sex-slave. Just you remember. Lust and avarice trample on the finer feelings of love in this subversive take on sexual manners and the cruelties of courtship. The man thinks that marriage is simply a matter of money and property. But just how far should the woman go to prove him wrong? A world of darker meaning lies beneath the wit and verbal exuberance of Martin Crimp's new version of Marivaux's great comedy.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 96
 Edition: Main
 Publisher: Faber & Faber
Published: 03 Jun 2004
ISBN 10: 0571224962
ISBN 13: 9780571224968
Book Overview: The False Servant is Martin Crimp's translation of Pierre Marivaux's subversive take on sexual manners and the cruelties of courtship.

Author Bio
Martin Crimp was born in 1956. His plays include Three Attempted Acts (1985), Dealing with Clair (1988), Play with Repeats (1989), No One Sees the Video (1991), Getting Attention (1992), The Treatment (1993, winner of the John Whiting Award), Attempts on her Life (1997) and The Country (2000). He has translated or adapted work by Ionesco (The Chairs, 1997), Genet (The Maids, 1999) and Moliere (The Misanthrope, 1996).His work in the UK has been produced by the Orange Tree Theatre, the West Yorkshire Playhouse, the Stephen Joseph Theatre, the RSC, the Young Vic and the Royal Court, where he was writer-in-residence in 1997. In New York his work has been seen at the Public Theater and the Classic Stage Company, as well as on Broadway.