The Bald Soprano
1950 absurdist play by Eugène Ionesco / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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La Cantatrice chauve – translated from French as The Bald Soprano or The Bald Prima Donna – is the first play written by Romanian-French playwright Eugène Ionesco.
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Written by | Eugène Ionesco |
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Date premiered | 11 May 1950 (1950-05-11) |
Place premiered | Théâtre des Noctambules Paris, France |
Original language | French |
Genre | Theatre of the Absurd |
Setting | A middle-class English home. An English evening. |
Nicolas Bataille directed the premiere on 11 May 1950 at the Théâtre des Noctambules, Paris. Since 1957 it has been in permanent showing at the Théâtre de la Huchette, which received a Molière d'honneur for its performances. It holds the world record for the play that has been staged continuously in the same theatre for the longest time.[1][2] Although it went unnoticed at first, the play was eventually championed by a few established writers and critics and, in the end, won critical acclaim. By the 1960s, The Bald Soprano had already been recognized as a modern classic and an important seminal work in the Theatre of the Absurd. With a record number of interpretations, it has become one of the most performed plays in France.[3]