The Bald Soprano was the first play written by absurdist playwright Eugène Ionesco. Ionesco was inspired to write the piece while learning English; amused and intrigued by the practice phrases in his introductory course, he decided to write a play depicting an “English evening” of a “Englishman” and “Englishwoman.” Ionesco considered titling the play L’anglais sans peine (“English without toil”), Il pleut des chiens et des chats (It’s raining cats and dogs), L’heure anglaise (“The English hour”), and Big Ben Follies. He chose La Cantatrice chauve (“The bald soprano”) after one of the actors
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