Rhinoceros and Other Plays
In Rhinoceros, as in his earlier plays, Ionesco startles audiences with a world that invariably erupts in explosive laughter and nightmare anxiety. A rhinoceros suddenly appears in a small town, tramping through its peaceful streets. Soon there are two, then three, until the movement” is...
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In Rhinoceros, as in his earlier plays, Ionesco startles audiences with a world that invariably erupts in explosive laughter and nightmare anxiety. A rhinoceros suddenly appears in a small town, tramping through its peaceful streets. Soon there are two, then three, until the movement” is universal: a transformation of average citizens into beasts, as they learn to move with the times. Finally, only one man remains. I’m the last man left, and I’m staying that way until the end. I’m not capitulating!”
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780802130983 (0802130984)
ASIN: 802130984
Publish date: January 11th 1994
Publisher: Grove Press
Pages no: 160
Edition language: English
Category:
Classics,
Humor,
Literature,
European Literature,
Cultural,
20th Century,
Plays,
Drama,
Theatre,
France,
French Literature,
Romanian Literature
I'm curious as to whether these stand up. Certainly, it seems hard to keep the absurd fresh. Fifty years later...well, I'm not going to check.
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