Ionesco

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

noun

1. Eu·gène [œ, -, zhen, yoo-, jeen, yoo, -jeen], 1912–94, French playwright, born in Romania.

Ionesco

/ jɔnɛsko; ˌiːəˈnɛskəʊ /

noun

1. IonescoEugène19121994MFrenchRomanianTHEATRE: dramatist Eugène (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)

Example Sentences

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 Eugène 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 Eugène 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 Eugène 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 Eugène Ionesco’s absurdist one-act “The Chairs” aboard a cruise ship.

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