- 12 February 2016
- Etichete Icr praga Scaunele Cantareata cheala Teatrul kaspar
The Romanian Cultural Institute in Prague announces the Chairs and Bald Soprano performances on the stage of the Kašpar Theatre - DIVADLO V CELETNÉ, Celetná 17, 110 00 Prague 1, in April, as follows:
Chairs / ŽIDLE
Tuesday 12.4. 2016, 7:30 p.m., Kašpar Theatre
Tuesday 26.4. 2016, 7:30 p.m., Kašpar Theatre
Director: Alexandr Minajev / Translation: Vladimír Mikeš / Scenography: Vladimíra Fomínová, Alexandr Minajev / Costumes: Vladimíra Fomínová / Music: Zdeněk Dočekal / Photography: Anna Špalková
The duration of the performance is of 1 hour and 20 minutes, without break.
Bald Soprano/ PLEŠATÁ ZPĚVAČKA
Friday 15.4.2016, 6:00 p.m., Kašpar Theatre
Director: Jakub Špalek / Translation: Jiří Konůpek / Dramaturgy: Lenka Bočková / Music: Daniel Fikejz / Scenography: Karel Špindler / Costumes: Jan C. Löbl / Grafică: Studio Najbrt / Fotografie: Michal Hladík
The duration of the performance is of 1 hour and 10 minutes, without break.
Eugen Ionescu (November 26, 1909, Slatina - March 28, 1994, Paris), also known as Eugène Ionesco - according to French language ortography, was a French language writer born in Romania, one of the founders of the Theatre of the Absurd, and member of the French Academy (1970, chair no. 6).
Author of the famous Notes and counter notes / Notes et contre-notes, Eugène Ionesco became known during his life, being published in the famous Pleiade series (created in 1931 by Jacques Schiffrin, which aimed at making reference editions or complete work of the classic authors available to the open public, in pocket format).
The Bald Soprano / La Cantatrice chauve was not successful from the beginning, but this parody would influence the contemporary theatre forever - Ionesco becoming one of the founders of the «Theatre of the Absurd» - through its dramaturgy which wraps nonsense and grotesque in satire and metaphysics, elements present in the majority of the Romanian author's plays, among which we can mention The Lesson / La Leçon (1950), Chairs / Les Chaises (1952), Amédée, or How to Get Rid of It / Amédée ou comment s'en débarrasser (1953), L'Impromptu de l'Alma (1956), Rhinoceros / Rhinocéros (1959). When the latter was presented at the Odeon Theatre in France, it brought true recognition to the author. He also wrote the Exit the King / Le Roi se meurt (1962), Hunger and Thirst / La Soif et la Faim (1964), Macbeth (1972).
