The play ends with the illusionists willingly returning to their fantasies, the revolution co-opted, and Madame Irma blowing out the gaslight, announcing, “Tomorrow… we will have to start again.”
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This is precisely why the quest for a PDF of The Balcony is so deliciously ironic. The play ends with the illusionists willingly returning