The Bald Soprano (Cyclopedia of Literary Places)
At a glance:
- Author: Eugene Ionesco
- First Published: 1954
- Type of Work: Drama
- Type of Plot: Absurdist
- Time of Work: Mid-twentieth century
- Genres: Drama, Absurdist literature
- Subjects: 1950’s, Language or languages, Middle classes, Communication, 1940’s, Alienation, London, Existentialism
- Locales: London, England
Places Discussed
*London. Great Britain’s capital city, in a suburb of which Mrs. Smith and her husband live. Numerous references to things English are enhanced by stage directions that continually stress Englishness. Almost all these references occur, however, in the first quarter of the play, because as it progresses, its geographical location decreases in importance.
Smiths’ sitting room. Living room of the London suburban flat in which the Smiths live. The reassuring dullness of a humdrum middle-class English home in 1950 conflicts with the illogical events and...
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