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Annonce Faite a Marie, L'

by Paul Claudel, Claudel, Paul; Wallace Fowlie (transl.) Claudel

"The action revolves around the relationship between the two sisters who are totally different i temperament and yet who are indissolubly joined. Violaine is the good sister who will represent Christian charity in its fullest sense. Mara (whose name in Hebrew means 'bitter') is the jealous sister who will, at the end of the play murder Violaine ..." -- Introduction.