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Ionesco, Eugene
French (Romanian-born) Absurdist dramatist
wrote plays "The Bald Soprano" 1950 (also "La Cantatrice Chauve", "The Bald Prima Donna"), "The Lesson" 1951, "The Chairs" 1952, "Rhinoceros" 1960, "Macbett" 1972
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- "It is not the answer that enlightens, but the question."
- "Explanation separates us from astonishment, which is the only gateway to the incomprehensible."
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Four Plays: The Bald Soprano; The Lesson; Jack, or the Submission; The Chairs by Eugene Ionesco (Paperback - Jan 12, 1994) The leading figure of absurdist theater and one of the great innovators of the modern stage, Eugene Ionesco did not write his first play, The Bald Soprano, until 1950. He went on to become an...  Usually ships in 24 hours |
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Rhinoceros and Other Plays by Eugene Ionesco (Paperback - Jan 11, 1994) In Rhinoceros, as in his earlier plays, Ionesco startles audiences with a world that invariably erupts in explosive laughter and nightmare anxiety. A rhinoceros suddenly appears in a small town,...  Usually ships in 24 hours |
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La Cantatrice Chauve: Anti-Piece / La Lecon: Drame Comique (Collection Folio, 236) by Eugene Ionesco (Mass Market Paperback - Jun 8, 2002)  Usually ships in 24 hours |
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Rhinoceros (French Edition) by Eugene Ionesco (Mass Market Paperback - Nov 8, 1959)  Usually ships in 24 hours |
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Exit the King and Other Plays: Exit the King, The Killer, and Macbett (Ionesco, Eugene) by Eugene Ionesco and Charles Marowitz (Paperback - Jan 13, 1994) Exit the King is a highly stylized, ritualized death rite unfolding the final hours of the once-great king Berenger the First. As he dies, his kingdom also dies. His armies suffer defeat, the young... Usually ships in 24 hours |
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The Bald Soprano and The Lesson: Two Plays -- A New Translation by Eugene Ionesco (Paperback - Sep 10, 2007) Often called the father of the Theater of the Absurd, Eugène Ionesco wrote groundbreaking plays that are simultaneously hilarious, tragic, and profound. Now his classic one actsThe Bald... Usually ships in 24 hours |
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