Builders of empire
the Builders of empire is a Play written by Boris Vian in 1959.
Summary
It is about a burlesque Tragédie which puts in scene a family which is driven out little by little of her own house by a strange and quiet character, Schmürz, which obliges them to move of stage in stage in increasingly small and sordid apartments.
Characters
- Leon
- Anna
- Zénobie
- Jug
- the neighbor
- Schmürz
- Xavier
Quotations
- “ I wonder whether I am not playing with the words. And if the words were made for that? ”
- “ They is the young people who remember. The old men, they forget all ”
- “ Être satisfied or gâteux, it is quite similar. When one does not want any more of nothing, to be gâteux as much”
- “ They is the young people who remember. The old men, they forget all ”
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