Reviewed by Tony Annicone

Providence College’s Theatre Department’s current show is “The Maids” by Jean Genet. It is based loosely on a true historical story which occurred in Le Mans, France in 1933 where two sisters Christine and Lea Papin brutally murdered their employer and her daughter. The two sisters, Claire and Solange, have been trained to be exceptional servants where they work for Madame and Monsieur. They feel that they are treated like outcasts and looked down upon by their high society employers where one mustn’t break the servant/mistress barrier. Claire, the younger more head strong girl, likes to dress up and pretend to be the Madame when her employer is out of the house. Solange joins her in this role playing by casting aspersions on the Madame by saying she considers them worthless like filth beneath her feet. However the husband has been put in jail by the sisters and when the Madame returns to the house, she tells the maids she will stand by her husband no matter what happens.

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