WORKS AND LINKS RELATING TO THE
PAPIN SISTERS
The Maids
A play by Jean Genet
1947
The Maids
A film based on the play by Jean Genet
Directed by Christopher Miles
With Glenda Jackson, Susannah York
1973
My Sister In This House
A play by Wendy Kesselman
1981
Sister My Sister
A film based on the play My Sister In This House
Directed by Nancy Meckler
With Jodhi May, Joely Richardson
1994
Les Abysses
A film based on the Papin sisters
Directed by Nikos Papatakis
1963
Les Soeurs Papin
A book by R. le Texier
(Fleure Noir, 1996)
Blood Sisters
A play by Neil Paton
1998
Blood Sisters
A screenplay by Neil Paton, based on his play
1998
L'Affaire Papin
A book by Paulette Houdyer
Editions Cenomane, Le Mans
Tel. 33 (2) 43 24 21 57
Fax 33 (2) 43 77 19 16
1966
La Solution du Passage a l'Acte:
Le Double Crime des Soeurs Papin
A book by "Frances Dupre"
(written by Editions et Publications de l'Ecole Lacanienne, Paris)
Editions Eres, Toulouse
Tel. 33 (5) 61 75 15 76
Fax 33 (5) 61 73 52 89
email: eres@starway.tm.fr
Paris Was Yesterday
A book by Janet Flanner, with an article about the Papin sisters
Angus and Robertson
1973
La Ligature
A short film directed by Gilles Cousin
1979
Les Meurtres par Procuration
(Murders By Proxy)
A book by Jean-Claude Asfour, with a section on the Papin sisters
1979
Crimes and Punishment -- The Illustrated Crime Encyclopedia
A book with an article about the Papin sisters
Stuttman
1994
Encyclopedia of World Crime
A book with an entry on the Papin sisters
Crime Books
1990
Lady Killers
A book with an entry on the Papin sisters
Joyce Robins
Minotaure magazine
With an article about the Papin sisters by Jacques Lacan
No. 3
1933
Jungfrurna (Maids)
An opera based on Genet's play The Maids
Peter Bengtson
1993
La Ceremonie
A film directed by Claude Chabrol
With Isabelle Huppert and Sandrine Bonnaire
Based on the novel A Judgement in Stone by Ruth Rendell
1996
A Judgement in Stone
A novel by Ruth Rendell, loosely based on the Papin sisters
Les Blessures Assassines
(The Wounds Kill)
A film directed by Jean-Pierre Denis
With Sylvie Testud and Julie-Marie Parmentier
Based on L'Affaire Papin by Paulette Houdyer
2000
En Quete des Soeurs Papin
(In Search of the Papin Sisters)
A documentary film about the Papin sisters, directed by Claude Ventura
2000
Gros Proces des l'Histoire
(Great Trials in History)
A book with a chapter on the Papin sisters
M. Mamouni
(De Vecchi, 2000)
L'Affaire Papin
An academic study of the Papin sisters and their impact on literature
Genevieve Fortin
(University Press of America)
The Papin Sisters
A book on the Papin Sisters
Rachel Edwards and Keith Reader
(Oxford University Press, 2001)
LINKS
FRENCH PAGE ON THE PAPIN SISTERS
FRENCH RADIO PROGRAMME ON THE PAPIN SISTERS
FREE MULTIMEDIA DOWNLOADS FOR LISTENING TO RADIO PROGRAMMES
ANDREA'S THESIS ON THE PAPIN SISTERS
REVIEW OF LES BLESSURES ASSASSINES (released as "MURDEROUS MAIDS")
WEBSITE FOR LES BLESSURES ASSASSINES (in French)
FNAC ONLINE STORE FOR SOME OF THE ABOVE WORKS
ARPSELECTION (FOR FRENCH FILMS)
SUNDAY TIMES ON THE PAPIN SISTERS
BRAZILIAN SITE ON THE PAPIN SISTERS
VERY INTELLECTUAL ARTICLE ON THE PAPIN SISTERS
FRENCH PAGE ON THE PAPIN SISTERS
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