Rhinoceros and Other Plays
 

Rhinoceros and Other Plays

by Eugene Ionesco


In Rhinoceros, as in his earlier plays, 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: a transformation of average citizens into beasts, as they learn to move with... (read more)

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juicymelonjim
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Rhinoceros is incomprehensibly.

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Kevin B
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I have a tendency to like the idea of absurdist plays more than I actually like them. Does that make any sense? I found this play to be rather tedious but now thinking back about and seeing the wider arc, I appreciate it more and find that I kinda of liked it. It’s like a monet. I only like it from a far off view. It makes sense and I get it better than when I was actually immersed in it. So maybe the next time that I read this, I will get more out of it or it is possibly that I am only...

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