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Modern Classics Rhinoceros: The Chairs The Lesson - Softcover

Ionesco, Eugene

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9780140077674: Modern Classics Rhinoceros: The Chairs The Lesson
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ISBN 10: 0140077677 ISBN 13: 9780140077674
Publisher: Penguin Classic, 1985

Synopsis

The sublime is confused with the ridiculous in this savage commentary on the human condition, a staple of every theatre classroom and 20th century drama. A small town is besieged by one roaring citizen who becomes a rhinoceros and proceeds to trample on the social order. As more citizens are transformed into rhinoceroses, the trampling becomes overwhelming, and more and more citizens become rhinoceroses. One sane man, Berenger, remains, unable to change his form and identity.

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About the Author

Martin Crimp was born in 1956. His plays include Three Attempted Acts (1985), Dealing with Clair (1988), Play with Repeats (1989), No One Sees the Video (1991), Getting Attention (1992), The Treatment (1993, winner of the John Whiting Award), Attempts on her Life (1997) and The Country (2000). He has translated or adapted work by Ionesco (The Chairs, 1997), Genet (The Maids, 1999) and Moliere (The Misanthrope, 1996).His work in the UK has been produced by the Orange Tree Theatre, the West Yorkshire Playhouse, the Stephen Joseph Theatre, the RSC, the Young Vic and the Royal Court, where he was writer-in-residence in 1997. In New York his work has been seen at the Public Theater and the Classic Stage Company, as well as on Broadway.

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Publisher
Penguin Classic
Publication date
1985
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0140077677
ISBN 13 
9780140077674
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
224
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