The Bald Soprano
by Eugène Ionesco
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Known in English as The bald soprano or The bald prima donna, this is the first play written by Franco-Romanian playwright Euge?ne Ionesco.Tags
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Hilarious Theater of the Absurd. Ionesco stages an English as a Second Language text into a social (mis)engagement between the Smiths, the Martins, the Smith's maid Mary & a Fireman. Would love to see it staged, which it has been, almost continuously for more than half a century.
Funny but bizarre
"Prendete un circolo, coccolatelo, diventerà vizioso."
Jul 13, 2015Italian
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Mar 31, 2025Catalan
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Eugene Ionesco, born in Romania in 1912, is known as the father of the theater of the absurd. He grew up in France and Romania, settling in France in 1939. His first play, The Bald Soprano, satirized the deadliness of life frozen in meaningless formalities. Some of his other important plays include The Lesson, The Chairs, Rhinoceros, and Hunger show more and Thirst. His novel Le Solitaire was the basis for the 1971 film La Vase in which Ionesco played the lead. Eugene Ionesco was elected to the Academie Francaise in 1970. He died in 1994. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Canonical title
- The Bald Soprano
- Original title
- La cantatrice chauve; La Cantatrice chauve
- Alternate titles
- The Bald Prima Donna
- Original publication date
- 1950
- First words
- Intèrieur bourgeois anglais, avec des fauteuils anglais.
MME SMITH: Tiens, il est neuf heures. - Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)TOUS ENSEMBLE. -- C'est pas par là, c'est par ici, c'est pas par là, c'est par ici, c'est pas par là, c'est par ici, c'est pas par là, c'est par ici, c'est pas par là, c'est par ici, c'est pas par là, c'est par ici!
(Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)La pièce recommence avec les Martin, qui disent exactement les répliques des Smith dans la première scène, tandis que le rideau se ferme doucement. - Original language*
- Français
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