(May 2014) writer: – role: Pope, directed by at The French Institute of Greece – Forerunner of the theatre of the absurd, a prominent and controversial novelist, blasphemous and poetic, ingenious and provocative, teetering daringly on the brink, but always in harmony with his own truth and theory of life, Jean Genet wrote the play “Elle” in 1955. The work, which discusses matters of power and personal identity, was neither published nor staged while the writer was alive and many believe it to be the precursor to his other provocative play “Le Balcon” which was presented two years later. “Elle” is a harsh, lyrical work, somber yet ridiculous, based on the mechanism of power and its enticing snares. A work about ‘self’, the image and their sad in between. The play is about a photographer, the Pope, his “Holiness”, the eternal muse, she which Genet loved to hate more than any other. This is why he uses quotations: it is not Her, but “Her”, her sanctity and holiness closed up, boarded in and protected. “Elle” by Jean Genet Translation to Greek: Asimenia Euthimiou Direction: Yiannis Skourletis/ Bijoux de kant Performing: Stratos Tzortzoglou, Polydoros Vogiatzis, Orestes Karydas Photographs for the program: Orfeas Emirzas, Thomas Arsenis Video: plays2place productions...