At the end of this work, one character castrates himself to the cry of "On my rugs!" after which another character demands that the kitchens prepare to send him enough food for two thousand years.
At the end of this work, one character castrates himself to the cry of "On my rugs!" after which another character demands that the kitchens prepare to send him enough food for two thousand years. The seventh scene of this play opens in the funeral parlor where the corpse of Alfred is lying on a fake tomb of fake black marble, and begins with an explosion and the introduction of the Court Envoy. In the final lines of this play, a character addresses the audience, telling them "You must now go home, where everything… will be falser than here." The fact that the location in which this play is set is under siege by rebels is revealed by the (*) Bishop in the first scene, and the rebels themselves are led by Chantal. At the urging of the Envoy, a character in this play agrees to impersonate the Queen, while in a later scene Roger attempts to impersonate the Chief of Police with the help of Carmen. For 10 points, identify this play which takes place in Madame Irma's brothel of illusions, written by Jean Genet.
At the end of this work, one character castrates himself to the cry of "On my rugs!" after which another character demands that the kitchens prepare to send him enough food for two thousand years.
The {Balcony} or Le {Balcon}