The Chairs Summary
Eugène Ionesco

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The Chairs Summary

Eugene lonesco's The Chairs is one of the playwright's most popular plays. First performed in Paris on April 22, 1952, The Chairs was only the third of lonesco' s plays to be produced. At the time, lonesco was still a struggling playwright.

Most critics and audiences did not know what to make of The Chairs. In the play, an elderly couple sets up chairs and greets invisible guests who have come to hear the Old...

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