EG Listings: Aug 22, 2008
Independent theatre company Ignite brings works by playwrights Eugene Ionesco, Fernando Arrabal and Arthur Adamov. Until August 30, Theatreworks, St Kilda, $20/$15, 9534 3388 or theatreworks. (The Age, Australia -- Entertainment)
BTF's Caretaker opens season on high note May 31, 2008
In terms of style and language usage, it is clear that Pinter was very much influenced by playwrights such as Eugene Ionesco and Samuel Beckett, at least the Beckett of Waiting for Godot, where two tramps are waiting for the arrival of someone known only as Godot, someone the tramps hope will give meaning and substance to their lives. Michael Billington, is his book The Life and Work of Harold Pinter, writes, "Pinter, to his credit, is a permanent public nuisance, a questioner of accepted... (Hillsdale Independent, NY)
What's your sign? Sep 22, 2007
Famous Sagittarians: Woody Allen, Jane Austen, Christina Applegate, Ludwig Van Beethoven, Maria Callas, Eugene Ionesco, John F. Kennedy Jr., Bette Midler, Brad Pitt, Monica Seles, Frank Sinatra, Steven Spielberg, Tina Turner, Mark Twain, Gianni Versace. Strengths: Convivial, enthusiastic, ethical, expansive, fair, generous, idealistic, independent, optimistic, outgoing, spontaneous, tolerant, wise. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Living)
* Events & Entertainment Sep 21, 2007
Rhinoceros is an experimental theater piece by International Dateline Company (u@) that is based on the original play by the master of Theater of the Absurd, Eugene Ionesco. Like the original work, the current production is meant to be a statement about people's willingness to conform and society's inability to think rationally. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Publishers lock horns over rights to Beckett work Sep 2, 2007
An unseemly row over some of the most illustrious names in world literature, including Samuel Beckett and Eugene Ionesco, has broken out over who owns the rights to their work. The rights to publish the work of the writers on the 'Calder list', which once included more Nobel Prize-winning authors than any other in the history of books, are at the centre of a cross-Channel battle that has seen angry words flying between some of the most famous publishing houses in the business. (Guardian Unlimited -- UK)
Comprehensive event listings May 20, 2007
" $10, seniors and students $5. Play by Eugene Ionesco presented by the Institute for Advanced Theatre Training.Cape & IslandsCape Cod Theatre Project Falmouth Academy, 7 Highfield Dr., Falmouth. 508-457-4242. capecodtheatrepro 8 p.m. Suggested donation $20, students $10. Staged readings of New American plays.7/7-7/9: "Out of the Water" by Brooke Berman.7/12-7/14: "Back Back Back" by Itamar Moses.7/19-7/21: "A Wake on Chappaquiddick" by Jessica Provenz.7/26-7/28: "Tongues Will Wag" by Mike... (Boston Globe)
