Rhinoceros and Other Plays
5 best books like Rhinoceros and Other Plays (Eugène Ionesco): Waiting for Godot, Three Tragedies: Blood Wedding, Yerma, Bernarda Alba, The Ubu Plays: Ubu Rex / Ubu Cuckolded / Ubu Enchained, Le Mariage de Figaro, Enuma Elish: The Seven Tablets of the History of Creation
The story revolves around two seemingly homeless men simply waiting for someone—or something—named Godot. Vladimir and Estragon wait near a tree, inhabiting a drama spun of their own consciousness. The result is a comical wordplay of poetry, dreamscapes, and nonsense, which has been interpreted...
| Author | Federico García Lorca |
| ISBN | 0837195780 |
In these three plays, García Lorca's acknowledged masterpieces, he searched for a contemporary mode of tragedy and reminded his audience that dramatic poetry-or poetic drama-depends less on formal convention that on an elemental, radical outlook on human life. His images are beautiful and...
| Author | Alfred Jarry |
| ISBN | 0802150101 |
"Merdre!" (in translation: "Pschitt!")The very first word uttered by Pa Ubu proved to be a bit too much for the sensibility of its audience and led to a riot. The incident has since then become one of the most talked about bits of Jarry's life.
The audience may not have taken their time to get to...
| Author | Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais |
Forcé de parcourir la route où je suis entré sans le savoir, comme j'en sortirai sans le vouloir, je l'ai jonchée d'autant de fleurs que ma gaieté me l'a permis ; encore je dis ma gaieté, sans savoir si elle est à moi plus que le reste, ni même quel est ce Moi dont je m'occupe : un assemblage informe...
Enuma Elish: The Seven Tablets of the History of Creation
| Author | Unknown |
| ISBN | 1599869195 |
The Enuma Elish is one of the most important sources which provides an understanding of the Babylonian worldview. The Babylonian worldview is centered on the supremacy of Marduk, and contributes the belief that mankind exists to service god. This Babylonian creation epic was first discovered by...
