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An 8 page essay that examines how Ionesco's play The Bald Soprano demonstrates how Ionesco parodies theatre in general as well as society. The writer discusses the play's stilted, nonsensical dialogue and how this "works" within the framework of Ionesco's satire. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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it was no particular society to which he objected, but rather humanity itself that struck him as ridiculous (Henry 76). His extraordinarily influential career began with the play The Bald
Soprano, which Ionesco was inspired to write because of the stilted language of an English primer, which had conversations in which people dutifully told each other that the "floor was
below" and the "ceiling is above" (Meggs 72). Ionesco had always hated theatrical production because the dialogue was embarrassingly inane (Meggs 72). An examination of this play demonstrates the manner
in which Ionesco parodies theatre in general as well as society. While dialogue is generally considered to provide the basic "clay" from which most playwrights create their art, Ionesco
expressed a belief that was diametrically opposed to this norm. He stated that "mundane, peripheral talk" was merely a means to avoid either thinking or talking about the "only things
that really matter," which he considered to be the meaning of existence and the inevitability of death" (McDermott 40). Ionesco once said that "words no longer demonstrate: they chatter...They are
an escape. They stop silence from speaking... They wear out thought, they impair it" (McDermott 40). Critic Philip Meggs sums up the whole play quite well in just a
few sentences. This is very helpful to the reader because the "plot" for this nonsensical work is easily lost and shows that there really no plot. The Bald Soprano is
an "anti-play" that concerns two middle-class English couples, Mr. and Mrs. Smith, and their visitors, Mr. and Mrs. Martin (Meggs 72). They are joined by a maid, Mary, and a
Fire Chief in a manner that defies "time and logic" (Meggs 72). These characters "chat, argue, and restate the obvious until it becomes inane, exposing the inadequacies of verbal communication"
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