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 absurdist vision, acclaimed by Frank Rich as “one of the smartest playwrights we have.” In The Bald Soprano Ionesco throws together a cast of characters including the quintessential British middle-class family the Smiths, their guests the Martins, their maid Mary, and a fire chief determined to extinguish all fires — including their hearths. It’s an archetypical absurdist tale and Ionesco displays his profound take on the problems inherent in modern communication. The Lesson illustrates Ionesco’s comic genius, where insanity and farce collide as a professor becomes increasingly frustrated with his hapless student, and the student with his mad teacher.
The Bald Soprano and the Lesson -
Eugène Ionesco
Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
2007
96 páginas
3h 12m
ISBN-13: 9780802143181
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Eugène Ionesco
Dramaturgo francês de origem romena. É considerado um dos maiores teatrólogos do século e um dos criadores do teatro do absurdo. Focaliza o caráter incompreensível das relações humanas, o medo da morte, o aspecto tragicômico da existência e a pressão das convenções sociais. Com frases absurdas, suas peças falam da impossibilidade de comunicação entre os seres humanos.
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