Rose Ouimet Des-Neiges Verrette Yvette Longpré Gabrielle Jodoin Lise Paquette Lisette de Courval Thérèse Dubuc Olivine Dubuc Angéline Sauvé Rhéauna Bibeau Ginette Ménard Les Belles-sœurs (French pronunciation: [le bɛl sœʁ]; "The Sisters-in-Law") is a two-act play written by Michel Tremblay in 1965.
As the women paste the stamps into booklets, they bicker, banter, critique, and argue about their problems, circumstances, and everything wrong with the world.
The English version, translated by John Van Burek and Bill Glassco, had its first run at the St. Lawrence Centre in Toronto on April 3, 1973 and starred Candy Kane, Elva Mai Hoover, Monique Mercure, among others.
Scots: Bowman, Martin & Bill Findlay, trans., The Guid Sisters and Other Plays (London: Nick Hern Books, 1991, ISBN 9781854591180.
Yiddish: Anctil, Pierre & Goldie Morgentaler, trans., Di Shvegerius (Montreal: Saidye Bronfman Centre, 1992) and performed there June, 1992, as well as in Tel Aviv and Brooklyn.