The Lesson

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The Lesson
Theatre of the Absurd
SettingFrance

The Lesson (

Theatre of the Absurd".[3]

Plot summary

This play takes place in the office and dining room of a small French flat. The Professor, a man of 50 to 60, is expecting a new Pupil (aged 18). The Professor's Maid, a stout, red-faced woman of 40 to 50, worries about the Professor's health. As the absurd and nonsensical lesson progresses, the Professor grows more and more angry with what he perceives as the Pupil's ignorance, and the Pupil becomes more and more quiet and meek. Even her health begins to deteriorate, and what starts as a toothache develops into her entire body aching. At the climax of the play, after a long bout of non sequiturs (which are frequently used in Ionesco's plays), the Professor stabs and murders the Pupil. The play ends with the Maid greeting a new Pupil, taking the play full circle, back to the beginning.

Adaptations

The Danish

danseurs.[5]
In 2009, PK Productions, under the direction of
minimalist theatre company, Cesear’s Forum, presented the play in combination with an abridged version of Ugo Betti’s The Fugitive at Playhouse Square, Cleveland, OH in 2023. It was entitled A Fugitive’s Lesson.[7]

References

  1. ^ Banham (1998, 538).
  2. ^ "Paris Théâtre de la Huchette". Archived from the original on 13 September 2012. Retrieved 4 January 2022.
  3. Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 1 June 2020. {{cite web}}: |last1= has generic name (help
    )
  4. New York Times
    ' March 12, 2009, obituary of Flindt.
  5. ^ Jack Anderson (March 12, 2009). "Flemming Flindt, Dancer, Dies at 72". The New York Times. Retrieved 2009-03-12.
  6. ^ "Theatre review: The Lesson - the Scotsman". Archived from the original on 2014-08-19. Retrieved 2014-08-18.
  7. ^ https://www.clevescene.com/arts/the-fugitives-lesson-at-cesars-forum-offers-loads-of-absurdity-and-laughs-42892858

Sources

  • Banham, Martin, ed. 1998. The Cambridge Guide to Theatre. Cambridge: Cambridge UP.
    ISBN 0-521-43437-8
    .

External links
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