Background
Genet loosely based his play on the infamous Papin sisters, Lea and Christine, who brutally murdered their employer and her daughter in Le Mans, France, in 1933, although the play is not the story of the Papin sisters as such. Genet's original intention was that the three protagonists, Madame and the maids Solange and Claire, be performed by male actors.
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