In a house on an island a very old couple pass their time with private games and half-remembered stories. With brilliant eccentricity, Ionesco's 'tragic farce' combines a comic portrait of human folly with a magical experiment in theatrical possibilities.
DramaEuropean
RELEASED1997
PUBLISHERFaber & Faber
LENGTH60
LANGUAGEEN
Romanian-French playwright (1909–1994)
The Chairs
by Eugène Ionesco, Theatre de Complicite (Theatrical troupe), Royal Court Theatre
In a house on an island a very old couple pass their time with private games and half-remembered stories. With brilliant eccentricity, Ionesco's 'tragic farce' combines a comic portrait of human folly with a magical experiment in theatrical possibilities.
DramaEuropean
RELEASED1997
PUBLISHERFaber & Faber
LENGTH60
LANGUAGEEN
Romanian-French playwright (1909–1994)
