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Ionesco, EugÈne - özhĕnˈ yŏnĕsˈkō, 1912–94, French playwright, b. Romania. Settling in France in 1938, he contributed to Cahiers du Sud and began writing avant-garde plays. His works stress the absurdity both of bourgeois values and of the way of life that they dictate. They express the futility of human endeavor in a universe ruled by

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Playwrights and Acting: Acting Methodologies for Brecht, Ionesco, Pinter, and Shepard » Read Now
by James H. McTeague. 180 pgs.

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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...
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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 the theatre and acting, supplemented with observations by actors and directors who were close collaborators with the playwrights on productions.
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Rhinoceros, and Other Plays » Read Now
by Eugene Ionesco, Derek Prouse. 148 pgs.

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The 3 satiric comedies included in this collection are Rhinoceros, The Future Is in Eggs, and The Leader.
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Makers of the Modern Theater ("The Bald Soprano" by Eugene Ionesco begins on p. 601) » Read Now
by Barry Ulanov. 746 pgs.

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Mythology: From Ancient to Post-Modern ("The Modern 'Myth of Incommunicability' in Ionesco's Theater: The Chairs and The Bald Soprano" begins on p. 139) » Read Now
by Bruce A. Butterfield, Jurgen Kleist. 226 pgs.

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Symbolism, the Sacred and the Arts ("Eugene Ionesco and 'The Nostalgia for Paradise'" begins on p. 164) » Read Now
by Mircea Eliade, Diane Apostolos-Cappadona. 185 pgs.

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The Conflict of Instincts in 'Le Roi Se Meurt,' in Journal of European Studies » Read Now
by C. E. J. Dolamore. 16 pgs.

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Adam at Odds with Eve: Ionesco and the Woman's Mission, in Journal of European Studies » Read Now
by C. E. J. Dolamore. 16 pgs.

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Between Myth and Reference: Puig and Ionesco, in The Romanic Review » Read Now
by Michael Issacharoff, Lelia Madrid. 12 pgs.

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...of Analyzing Variation in English (Washington, D.C.: Georgetown University Press, 1974), pp. 340-373. (25.) See Eugene Ionesco, La Cantatrice chauve in Theatre I, (Paris:...
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Staging the Impossible: The Fantastic Mode in Modern Drama (Chap. 5 "Ionesco and L'insolite") » Read Now
by Patrick D. Murphy, Marshall B. Tymn. 248 pgs.

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This book explores the most recent critical thinking on the relationship between the literary mode of the fantastic and the literary genre of drama with respect to modern theatre. Wide-ranging in time and space, the 14 essays assess 20th century dramatic works from the United States, Ireland...
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This book explores the most recent critical thinking on the relationship between the literary mode of the fantastic and the literary genre of drama with respect to modern theatre. Wide-ranging in time and space, the 14 essays assess 20th century dramatic works from the United States, Ireland, England, Western Europe, and the Caribbean. Canonical figures, such as Strindberg, Yeats, Beckett, Ionesco, Cocteau, and Stoppard are studied, along with neglected figures and innovative new performance troupes and individual artists. Concluding essays are devoted to contemporary experimental theatre and postmodern drama, and a study of science fiction on stage includes an annotated listing of forty English-language plays.
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20th Century French Drama (Chap. 8 "Ionesco, Adamov, Beckett") » Read Now
by David I. Grossvogel. 378 pgs.

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...Current 207 6 Crommelynck 220 7 Ghelderode 254 III TOMORROW? 8 Ionesco, Adamov, Beckett 313 Bibliography 335 Index 365 Acknowledgments THANKS ARE EXTENDED...
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Avant Garde Theatre, 1892-1992 ("Eugene O'Neill - Eugene Ionesco - Sam Shepard" begins on p. 215) » Read Now
by Christopher Innes. 262 pgs.

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Examining the development of avant garde theatre from its inception in the 1890s right up to the present day, Christopher Innes exposes a central paradox of modern theatre; that the motivating force of theatrical experimentation is primitivism. What links the work of Strindberg, Artaud, Brook and...
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Examining the development of avant garde theatre from its inception in the 1890s right up to the present day, Christopher Innes exposes a central paradox of modern theatre; that the motivating force of theatrical experimentation is primitivism. What links the work of Strindberg, Artaud, Brook and Mnouchkine is an idealisation of the elemental and a desire to find ritual in archaic traditions. This widespread primitivism is the key to understanding both the political and aesthetic aspects of modern theatre and provides fresh insights into contemporary social trends.The original text, first published in 1981 as Holy Theatre , has been fully revised and up-dated to take account of the most recent theoretical developments in anthropology, critical theory and psychotherapy. New sections on Heiner Muller, Robert Wilson, Eugenio Barba, Ariane Mnouchkine and Sam Shepard have been added. As a result, the book now deals with all the major avant garde theatre practitioners, in Europe and North America. Avant Garde Theatre will be essential reading for anyone attempting to understand contemporary drama.
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Dionysus in Paris: Guide to Contemporary French Theater (1960) ("Ionesco (1912-)" begins on p. 229) » Read Now
by Wallace Fowlie. 320 pgs.

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...Adamov 1908- 223 6. Ionesco 1912- 229 7. Sehehade...Ecole de Paris. Pichette, Beckett, Ionesco, Adamov, Schehade, and Ghelderode are...successes of Ghelderode, Beckett, and...
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Reception and Renewal in Modern Spanish Theatre, 1939-1963 ("Eugene Ionesco" begins on p. 120) » Read Now
by John London. 273 pgs.

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