Ευγένιος Ιονέσκο

Rhinoceros is a play by Eugène Ionesco, written in 1959. The play was included in Martin Esslin's study of post-war avant garde drama, "The Theatre of the Absurd", although scholars have also rejected this label as too interpretatively narrow. Over the course of three acts, the inhabitants of a small, provincial …

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 acts The Bald Soprano and The Lesson are available in an exciting new translation by Pulitzer Prize-finalist Tina Howe, noted heir of Ionesco’s …

First produced in 1963 starring Alec Guinness and successfully revived to great acclaim on Broadway in 2009, this absurdist exploration of ego and mortality is set in the crumbling throne-room of the palace in an unnamed country where King Berenger the First has only the duration of the play to live. Once, it seemed …

Η φαλακρή τραγουδίστρια είναι περίφημο θεατρικό έργο του συγγραφέα Ιονέσκο. Ανέβηκε στην σκηνή για πρώτη φορά στις 11 Μαΐου 1950 στο Théâtre des Noctambules στο Παρίσι. Πρόκειται για πρωτοποριακό έργο της εποχής του που καθιέρωσε το «θέατρο του παραλόγου». Ο θίασος του Théâtre de la Huchette από το 1957 μέχρι σήμερα …

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.