Today is the birthday of Roumanian-French absurdist playwright Eugene Ionesco (1909-1994). In 1960 he claimed that the three greatest influences on his writing had been Groucho, Chico and Harpo Marx. But anyone who has encountered his plays scarcely needs him to point that out. The constant tactic of non-sequitur and disorientation, of seemingly pointless words [...]
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 09:30AM on November 26, 2012