Ionesco: a Study of His Plays
Author | : Richard N. Coe |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 232 |
Release | : 1971 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Richard N. Coe |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 232 |
Release | : 1971 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Richard Coe |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2024-10 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 9781032363998 |
First published in 1971, Ionesco is a study of the plays written by the absurdist playwright Eugene Ionesco. Eugene Ionesco's play La Cantatrice Chauve, first presented in 1950, established him as one of the most provocative leaders of post-war 'Theatre of the Absurd'. By 1970, his work had been performed by leading actors and companies all over the world. The author attempts to understand this enigmatic playwright and his plays, while trying to explore the reasons behind his quick popularity. This book will be of interest to students of literature, drama, philosophy, and history.
Author | : Gale, Cengage Learning |
Publisher | : Gale, Cengage Learning |
Total Pages | : 23 |
Release | : 2016 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 1410342573 |
A Study Guide for Eugene Ionesco's "The Chairs," excerpted from Gale's acclaimed Drama For Students. This concise study guide includes plot summary; character analysis; author biography; study questions; historical context; suggestions for further reading; and much more. For any literature project, trust Drama For Students for all of your research needs.
Author | : Eugène Ionesco |
Publisher | : Grove Press |
Total Pages | : 116 |
Release | : 2006 |
Genre | : Drama |
ISBN | : 9780802143181 |
Often called the father of the Theater of the Absurd, Eugène Ionesco wrote groundbreaking plays that are simultaneously hilarious, tragic, and profound. Now his classic one acts The Bald Soprano and The Lesson are available in an exciting new translation by Pulitzer Prize-finalist Tina Howe, noted heir of Ionesco's absurdist vision, acclaimed by Frank Rich as "one of the smartest playwrights we have." In The Bald Soprano Ionesco throws together a cast of characters including the quintessential British middle-class family the Smiths, their guests the Martins, their maid Mary, and a fire chief determined to extinguish all fires -- including their hearths. It's an archetypical absurdist tale and Ionesco displays his profound take on the problems inherent in modern communication. The Lesson illustrates Ionesco's comic genius, where insanity and farce collide as a professor becomes increasingly frustrated with his hapless student, and the student with his mad teacher.
Author | : Eugène Ionesco |
Publisher | : Grove Press |
Total Pages | : 162 |
Release | : 1960 |
Genre | : Drama |
ISBN | : 9780802130983 |
A collection of three modern plays by the master of the absurd and member of the French Academy.
Author | : James Mcteague |
Publisher | : Praeger |
Total Pages | : 224 |
Release | : 1994-12-30 |
Genre | : Performing Arts |
ISBN | : |
This book analyzes the acting aesthetic of Brecht, Ionesco, Pinter, and Shepard and presents a detailed methodological approach to the performance of their plays. The originality of the book lies in the systematic and critical analysis of both the process of preparing a role and the shifting assumptions on matters essential for a coherent acting methodology for each playwright. The book is distinctive in that it focuses almost exclusively on the playwrights' published remarks concerning theatre and acting, supplemented with observations by actors and directors who were close collaborators with the playwrights on productions. The analysis begins with a chapter that examines and questions the applicability of the Stanislavsky system that still dominates the post-World War II theatrical scene. The following four chapters are devoted to the playwrights' construction of a coherent view of theatre and acting. An approach to acting is critically examined from the standpoint of the function, means and manner in which the role is realized with regard to the relationship of the actor to self, to the text, to the character and other characters, to the director, and to the audience. At the end of each chapter, a summary of the essential elements for an approach to the role is offered, accompanied by a proposed acting methodology. In the conclusion, an analysis is presented that recognizes what may be applied through Stanislavskian methods and the divergences which demand particularized responses to the plays of Brecht, Ionesco, Pinter, and Shepard.
Author | : Eugène Ionesco |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 184 |
Release | : 1969 |
Genre | : Drama |
ISBN | : |
Four plays on the difficulty of man's retaining his individuality in modern society.
Author | : Richard Coe |
Publisher | : Taylor & Francis |
Total Pages | : 115 |
Release | : 2023-02-14 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 100077127X |
First published in 1971, Ionesco is a study of the plays written by the absurdist playwright Eugene Ionesco. Eugene Ionesco’s play La Cantatrice Chauve, first presented in 1950, established him as one of the most provocative leaders of post-war ‘Theatre of the Absurd’. By 1970, his work had been performed by leading actors and companies all over the world. The author attempts to understand this enigmatic playwright and his plays, while trying to explore the reasons behind his quick popularity. This book will be of interest to students of literature, drama, philosophy, and history.