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Rhinoceros
Full-Length Play, Comedy / 6w, 11m
Eugene Ionesco, Derek Prouse
By Eugene Ionesco
Translated by Derek Prouse
"An allegory for our times." - The New York Times
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Cast Size
6w, 11m
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Summary
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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Licensing & Materials
- Minimum Fee: £55 per performance plus VAT when applicable.
Authors
Eugene Ionesco
(born Nov. 26, 1909, Slatina, Rom.died March 28, 1994, Paris, France) was a Romanian-born French playwright. He studied in Bucharest and Paris, where he lived from 1945. His first one-act antiplay, The Bald Soprano (1950), inspired a revolution in dramatic techniques and help ...
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