Network, LondonSilence can be a deadly weapon. While words can wound, silence corrodes and poisons seep into every nook and cranny of life. Ivona, the heroine of Witold Gombrowicz's 1938 absurdist comedy says nothing and yet has a seismic effect on the royal court when, on a whim, the arrogant young crown prince, Philip, chooses this ugly, ungainly girl as his bride. She does nothing but look terminally depresse…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:01PM on January 12, 2011