Theatre of the Absurd The playwright, Eugène Ionesco’s , first play, La Cantatrice Chauve translated into The Bald Soprano in 1956 is considered to have founded the movement known as the theatre of the absurd and Ionesco himself has often been labelled the father of ‘absurdities.’ This particular play, which has upset all conventions, habits and destroyed theatre itself has often been termed an anti-play, because it attacked and ridiculed all conventions of drama, the …showed first 75 words of 887 total…

…showed last 75 words of 887 total…loses all it’s meaning and becomes an irrelevant mixture of sounds which becomes seen even more clearly towards the end of the piece when Mrs. Martin is speaking, ‘cactus, coccyx! crocus ! … cockroach!’ (pg.40) At this point, the play loses all meaning in general. The play’s title serves to portray the main theme of theme of the work in that it is totally insignificant and irrelevant to the actions taking part throughout the play.