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Eugène Ionesco

    November 26, 1909 – March 28, 1994

    Eugène Ionesco, a leading playwright of the Theatre of the Absurd, masterfully depicts the solitude and insignificance of human existence. His works ridicule the most banal situations, using them as a tangible means to explore profound existential themes. Ionesco's writing delves into the paradoxes of modern life, questioning conventional forms of expression. He expertly employs language to expose the chasm between words and reality.

    Absurd Drama
    Exit the King
    Rhinoceros. The chairs. The lesson
    Rhinoceros and Other Plays
    Three Plays
    The Bald Soprano and Other Plays
    • The Bald Soprano and Other Plays

      • 160 pages
      • 6 hours of reading

      The leading figure of absurdist theater and one of the great innovators of the modern stage, Eugene Ionesco (1909-94) did not write his first play, The Bald Soprano, until 1950. He went on to become an internationally renowned master of modern drama, famous for the comic proportions and bizarre effects that allow his work to be simultaneously hilarious, tragic, and profound. As Ionesco has said, "Theater is not literature. . . . It is simply what cannot be expressed by any other means."

      The Bald Soprano and Other Plays
      4.1
    • Rhinoceros and Other Plays

      • 141 pages
      • 5 hours of reading

      A collection of three modern plays by the master of the absurd and member of the French Academy.

      Rhinoceros and Other Plays
      4.0
    • These three great plays by one of the founding fathers of the theatre of the absurd, are alive and kicking with tragedy and humour, bleakness and farce. In Rhinoceros we are shown the innate brutality of people as everyone, except for Berenger, turn into clumsy, unthinking rhinoceroses. The Chairs depicts the futile struggle of two old people to convey the meaning of life to the rest of humanity, while The Lesson is a chilling, but anarchically funny drama of verbal domination. In these three 'antiplays' dream, nonsense and fantasy combine to create an unsettling, bizarre view of society.

      Rhinoceros. The chairs. The lesson
      4.0
    • A collection of plays, often classified as absurd drama, which aim to portray a world in which humanity, with its despair, fear and loneliness, is alone in a hostile and meaningless world.

      Absurd Drama
      3.9
    • The Chairs

      • 60 pages
      • 3 hours of reading

      In a house on an island a very old couple pass their time with private games and half-remembered stories. With brilliant eccentricity, Ionesco's 'tragic farce' combines a comic portrait of human folly with a magical experiment in theatrical possibilities.

      The Chairs
      3.9
    • The True Gen

      An Intimate Portrait of Ernest Hemingway by Those Who Knew Him

      • 356 pages
      • 13 hours of reading

      From the people who knew him best--wives, children, colleagues, critics, and biographers--comes an unprecedented portrait of an extraordinary man. Varying points of view present a revealing picture of the literary giant.

      The True Gen
    • Tagebuch

      • 244 pages
      • 9 hours of reading
      Tagebuch
      4.9
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      Königs Erläuterungen und Materialien - 392: Erläuterungen zu Eugène Ionesco, Die kahle Sängerin, Die Unterrichtsstunde, Die Nashörner
      4.8