Dec 18, 2009

The House of Blue Leaves | Topics for Further Study

Read August Strindberg’s The Dance of Death (1901) and Georges Feydeau’s A Flea in Her Ear (1907)—two plays that inspired Guare while writing The House of Blue Leaves. How do these plays and their themes relate to The House of Blue Leaves?

Research absurdist theater, including plays like Eugene Ionesco’s The Chairs. What aspects of The House of Blue Leaves are absurdist? What do these elements add...