The Bald Soprano and Other Plays (Paperback)

from kant1066

These four plays of Ionesco, among the very first that he wrote, already show him preoccupied with themes that will concern him for the rest of his career in theatre: the futility of language, the ...

from Snukes

Absurd is not my style. I found this frustrating and irritating to read. If it wasn't an assignment, I wouldn't have gotten through ti.

from flh4ever

I wasn't quite ready for Mr. Ionesco's plays when I first read them. The lack of coherent language, the tsunami of a plot, all basic elements of an absurdist play-but seeing as it was my first absu...

from albertgoldfain

The title play is the best (and funniest) in this collection, which is remarkable since it was Ionesco's first. Theater of the Absurd is best in small doses, were it not for the length and scope, "...

from Devil_llama

Absurdist theatre from one of the greatest masters. Ionesco treats us to the absurdity of human life with four plays that make almost no sense at all, and yet, at the same time, they do make sort o...