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Rhinoceros and Other Plays

by Eugène Ionesco
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"With outrageous comedy" this classic of Absurdist drama "attacks the most serious subjects: blind conformity and totalitarianism, despair and death" (The New York Times).
In Rhinoceros, as in his other plays, Eugene Ionesco startles audiences with a world that invariably erupts in explosive laughter and nightmare anxiety. A rhinoceros suddenly appears in a small town, tramping through its peaceful streets. Soon there are two, then three, until the "movement" is universal. This is not an invasion of wild animals, but a transformation of average citizens into beasts, as they learn to move with the times. As the curtain comes down, only one desperate man remains.
Rhinoceros is a commentary on the absurdity of the human condition made tolerable only by self-delusion. It shows us the struggle of the individual to maintain integrity and identity in a world where all others have succumbed to the "beauty" of brute force and mindlessness.
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Publisher: Grove Atlantic

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  • Release date: March 31, 2015

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  • ISBN: 9780802190758
  • File size: 1185 KB
  • Release date: March 31, 2015

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  • ISBN: 9780802190758
  • File size: 1536 KB
  • Release date: March 31, 2015

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Performing Arts Nonfiction

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"With outrageous comedy" this classic of Absurdist drama "attacks the most serious subjects: blind conformity and totalitarianism, despair and death" (The New York Times).
In Rhinoceros, as in his other plays, Eugene Ionesco startles audiences with a world that invariably erupts in explosive laughter and nightmare anxiety. A rhinoceros suddenly appears in a small town, tramping through its peaceful streets. Soon there are two, then three, until the "movement" is universal. This is not an invasion of wild animals, but a transformation of average citizens into beasts, as they learn to move with the times. As the curtain comes down, only one desperate man remains.
Rhinoceros is a commentary on the absurdity of the human condition made tolerable only by self-delusion. It shows us the struggle of the individual to maintain integrity and identity in a world where all others have succumbed to the "beauty" of brute force and mindlessness.
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Performing Arts Nonfiction