Hunger and Thirst

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Hunger and Thirst

Written by| Eugène Ionesco[1]
Date premiered| February 28, 1966[2]
Place premiered| Comédie-Française
Original language| French

Hunger and Thirst (French original title La Soif et la faim[3]) is one of Eugène Ionesco's late plays,[4][5] premiering in Paris at Comédie-Française on February 28, 1966.[6]

The play has one act divided into four periods. In the play, Ionesco depicts religion as an expression of conformism and of the alienation of idealism to the establishment. It was first produced in an English translation in the United States in April, 1967, by the Yale Dramatic Association.

## References

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1. ^ "STAGE REVIEW : Ionesco's 'Hunger and Thirst' for a Heaven" Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2017-06-15.
2. ^ Nancy Lane (1994). Understanding Eugène Ionesco. University of South Carolina Press. ISBN 978-0-87249-981-2. Page 151
3. ^ Réalités. Société d'études et publications économiques. 1967 - via Google Books.Issues 200-205 - Page 119
4. ^ "'Hunger' offers a bite of Ionesco". Chicago Tribune. 27 April 2006. Retrieved 15 June 2017.
5. ^ "Arthur Storch, Stage Director, Dies at 87". The New York Times. 11 March 2013. Retrieved 15 June 2017.
6. ^ Contemporary Authors: New revision series. Gale. 1997. p. 239\. ISBN 978-0-7876-1058-6 - via Google Books.

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Eugène Ionesco

Plays|

* The Bald Soprano (1950)
* The Lesson (1951)
* The Chairs (1952)
* Victims of Duty (1953)
* Amédée, or How to Get Rid of It (1954)
* Jack, or The Submission (1955)
* The New Tenant (1955)
* The Picture (1955)
* The Killer (1958)
* Rhinoceros (1959)
* Exit the King (1962)
* Hunger and Thirst (1964)
* Macbett (1972)

Novels|

* The Hermit (1973)

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