| Exit the King, the Killer, Macbett Contributor(s): Ionesco, Eugene (Author), Watson, Donald (Translator), Marowitz, Charles (Author) |
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ISBN: 0802151108 ISBN-13: 9780802151100 Publisher: Grove Press OUR PRICE: $13.50 Product Type: Paperback Published: January 1994 Annotation: Exit the King is a highly stylized, ritualized death rite unfolding the final hours of the once-great king Berenger the First. As he dies, his kingdom also dies. His armies suffer defeat, the young emigrate, the seasons change overnight, and his kingdom's borders shrink to the outline of his throne. At last, as the curtain falls, the king himself dissolves into a gray mist. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Drama | European - General - Performing Arts | Theater - General |
| Dewey: 842.914 |
| LCCN: 85081779 |
| Series: Ionesco, Eugene |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 5.5" W x 8.1" (0.80 lbs) 352 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Exit the King is a highly stylized, ritualized death rite unfolding the final hours of the once-great king Berenger the First. As he dies, his kingdom also dies. His armies suffer defeat, the young emigrate, the seasons change overnight, and his kingdom's borders shrink to the outline of his throne. At last, as the curtain falls, the king himself dissolves into a gray mist. The Killer is a study of pure evil. B renger, a conscientious citizen, finds himself in a radiantly beautiful city marred only by the presence of a killer. B renger's determination to find the murderer in the face of official indifference and his final defeat at the hands of an impersonal, pitiless cruelty speak with the universality of Kafka's The Trial. Macbett, inspired by Shakespeare's play, is "a grotesque joke . . . and] a very funny play. . . . Ionecso maliciously undermines sources and traditions, spoofing Shakespeare along with tragedy."--Mel Gussow, The New York Times |