A SAMUEL FRENCH, LTD. TITLE

The Bald Prima Donna

Short Play, Drama  /  3w, 3m

Eugene Ionesco, Donald Watson

This is a hilariously maniacal assault on the banality of English suburbia. A family is discussed, every member of which is called Bobby Watson; a young couple is alarmed to find that they have been married for years.

Get the Script

The Bald Prima Donna

Request licence
Get the Script
  • Cast Size
    Cast Size
    3w, 3m
  • Duration
    Duration
    60 minutes (1 hour)
  • Audience
    Target Audience
    Adult, Senior, Teen (Age 14-18)

Details

Summary

This is a hilariously maniacal assault on the banality of English suburbia. A family is discussed, every member of which is called Bobby Watson; a young couple is alarmed to find that they have been married for years. For such people, words can have no meaning. The play ends in a crescendo of non-sequiturs.

Keywords
Performing Groups
  • Time Period Contemporary
  • Setting

    A typical middle-class English interior

  • Duration 60 minutes (1 hour)
  • Cautions
    • No Special Cautions

Licensing & Materials

  • Minimum Fee: £40 per performance plus VAT when applicable.

Scripts

Available Formats:
Get the Script

Authors

Eugene Ionesco

Eugene Ionesco
(born Nov. 26, 1909, Slatina, Rom.died March 28, 1994, Paris, France) was a Romanian-born French playwright. He studied in Bucharest and Paris, where he lived from 1945. His first one-act antiplay, The Bald Soprano (1950), inspired a revolution in dramatic techniques and help ...
View full profile
Author

Now Playing