This adaptation of Jean Genets THE MAIDS was part of the American Film Theater series, conceived in the 1970s by producer Ely Landau & meant to be shown theatrically just like a play, with tickets sold in advance. The film stars Glenda Jackson & Susannah York as two sisters named Solange & Claire who work as maids for their strict Madame. However, when Madame leaves the house, the two sisters dress up as their masters & take turns humiliating one another as the surrogate Madame. This ma