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Audience Quote by Jean Genet

“Would Hamlet have felt the delicious fascination of suicide if he hadn't had an audience, and lines to speak?” quote by Jean Genet — Download Open image

“Would Hamlet have felt the delicious fascination of suicide if he hadn't had an audience, and lines to speak?”

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