Saga of the Wet Hens

By Jovette Marchessault

One night in the Promised Land of the North of the Americas, at the centre of a fabulous vortex, four women--Laure Conan, Germaine Gu vremont, Gabrielle Roy and Anne H bert--meet, and perform six tableaux. Onstage, the women talk and gallop, they sit and rock; they descend from the heavens like angels, they menstruate, they sing; they bake bread, they eat, they say Mass; they trade secrets, recite poetry, share their hopes and fears, their dreams and private terrors; they look into history, decide to collaborate, they write; they become hens, they support and give birth to each other--and to all women everywhere. Saga of the Wet Hens is Jovette Marchessault's first full-length play and a major poetic dramatic literary work.

Cast of 4 women

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0889222134
• ISBN13: 9780889222137
• Release Date: February 1983
• Publisher: Talonbooks
• Length: 136 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.4" x 8.4"