Ionesco

[ yuh-nes-koh, ee-uh- ]

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��·��è�Ա� [œ, -, zhen, yoo-, jeen, yoo, -jeen], 1912–94, French playwright, born in Romania.

Ionesco

/ jɔnɛsko; ˌiːəˈnɛskəʊ /

noun

Ionesco��ܲ�è�Ա�19121994MFrenchRomanianTHEATRE: dramatist ��ܲ�è�Ա� (øʒɛn). 1912–94, French dramatist, born in Romania; a leading exponent of the theatre of the absurd. His plays include The Bald Prima Donna (1950) and Rhinoceros (1960)

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He was later a founder of the Haifa Municipal Theater, where his roles included Petruchio in Shakespeare’s “Taming of the Shrew,” Azdak in Brecht’s “Caucasian Chalk Circle” and Jean in ��ܲ�è�Ա� Ionesco’s “Rhinoceros.”

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In the 1970s, the Landaus started the American Film Theater, which invited viewers to subscribe to regular screenings of movie versions of works by ��ܲ�è�Ա� Ionesco, Bertolt Brecht, Edward Albee and others.

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Shortly after the run, Mr. Welles offered him a job in a London production of ��ܲ�è�Ա� Ionesco’s “Rhinoceros.”

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“I wasn’t dating and really didn’t like sports,” she explained, so she found solace and unexpected joy in the works of Beckett and Ionesco.

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And her very funny multipart podcast play, “The MS Phoenix Rising,” featured an experimental director trying to stage ��ܲ�è�Ա� Ionesco’s absurdist one-act “The Chairs” aboard a cruise ship.

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