The bald soprano
and, The lesson
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Author
Contributions
- Howe, Tina. - Contributor
- Ionesco, Eugène. - Contributor
Publication
2007 - Distributed by Publishers Group West, New York, New York (State)
Language
English
Word Count
24,000 words, Guess
Page Count
96 pages
Identifiers
- Internet Archivebaldsopranoandle0000ione
- ISBN-139780802143181
- ISBN-100802143180
- Goodreads259232
- LibraryThing3251866
and 5 more
- Library of Congress Control Number2006052162
- OCLC Control Number76829090
- Better World Books9780802143181
- Better World BooksT2-EHD-800
- Open LibraryOL17889987M
Classifications
- DDC842/.914
- LCCPQ2617.O6 C313 2007
- LCCPQ2617.O6 C313 2006
and 1 more
- LCCPQ2617.O6C313 2007
Alternate Titles
- Lesson
Description
A comedy satirizing English middle class life.
Description
Often called the father of the Theater of the Absurd, Eugene 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--Publisher.
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- The bald soprano: and, The lesson
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