I have not had so much fun reading something since i read the rhinoceros. Eugene ionesco, or, in romanian, eugen ionescu is one of the most famous romanian playwrights. Im always proud of myself when i recognize highbrow frasier jokes, so reading the bald soprano was really more of a pat on the back than anything else. Beyond ridiculing the most banal situations, ionescos plays depict the solitude and insignificance of human existence in a tangible way. Smith, an englishman, seated in his english armchair and wearing english slippers, is smoking his english pipe and reading an. Il contient 128 pages et classe dans le genre livres. Open library is an initiative of the internet archive, a 501c3 nonprofit, building a digital library of internet sites and other cultural artifacts in digital form. Smith, an englishman, seated in his english armchair and wearing english slippers, is smoking his english pipe and reading an english newspaper, near an english fire. Its way less structured than rhinoceros, his last play i read, but in a fun way. The play, an important example of the theatre of the absurd, consists mainly of. The first edition of the novel was published in 1950, and was written by eugene ionesco.
Smith, an englishman, seated in his english armchair and wearing english slippers, is smoking his english pipe and reading an english. The main characters of this plays, cultural story are. The book was published in multiple languages including french, consists of 190 pages and is available in paperback format. The bald soprano, drama in 11 scenes by eugene ionesco, who called it an antiplay. I had a copy lying around unread, then i saw niles reference the play on an episode of frasier. Allen, the bald soprano, is carried out in order to.
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