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The Bald Prima Donna: Play (Acting Edition) (Paperback)

by Eugene Ionesco (Author), D. Watson (Translator)
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  • Paperback: 44 pages
  • Publisher: Samuel French Ltd (31 Dec 1958)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0573020132
  • ISBN-13: 978-0573020131
  • Product Dimensions: 17.6 x 11.8 x 0.6 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 128,936 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Phrasebook of the Absurd, 20 May 2001
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Eugene Ionesco's first play grew out of the phrasebooks he used to learn the English language. Banal phrases like 'the ceiling is above us, the floor is below us' struck Ionesco as the only truths we can really be sure of.

Thus, the people in this play spend much time reminding one another what they had for breakfast, and being drawn into long, confused arguments about whether a ringing doorbell means somebody is outside, or nobody is outside; the three days of the week are revealed to be Tuesday, Thursday and Tuesday; a confused clock strikes far more often than is strictly polite.

Ionesco was baffled when the first performance of the play met with audience laughter; he had not realised the comedic value of the childlike nonsense he had created.

The play was originally to be called The English, but Ionesco did not want it viewed as a satire. The title he settled on is far more appropriate, since there are no prima donnas in the play, and no-one is bald.

Carry On Up The Nihil.

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