by Eugène Ionesco · Folio · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9782070386536
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The Bald Soprano is a play by Romanian-French playwright Eugène Ionesco, considered one of the most important works of the theater of the absurd. The play, which premiered in 1950, presents illogical situations and nonsensical dialogues to criticize the lack of communication and the banality of everyday life. The Folio Theatre edition offers an accessible version for students and theater lovers.
Eugène Ionesco was a Romanian-French playwright who wrote mostly in French, and was one of the foremost figures of the French avant-garde theatre in the 20th century. Ionesco instigated a revolution in ideas and techniques of drama, beginning with his "anti play", The Bald Soprano, which contributed to the beginnings of what is known as the Theatre of the Absurd. He wrote a number of plays that, following the ideas of the philosopher Albert Camus, explore concepts of absurdism and surrealism. He was made a member of the Académie française in 1970, and was awarded the 1970 Austrian State Prize for European Literature, and the 1973 Jerusalem Prize.
