The author of such modern classics as The Bald Soprano, Exit the King, Rhinoceros, and The Chairs, Eug鋝e Ionesco is one of the most important and influential figures in the modern theater?(Library Journal). This crucial collection combines The New Tenant with Am嶮嶪 and Victims of Dutythe plays Richard Gilman has called, along with The Killer, Ionesco greatest plays, works of the same solidity, fulness, and permanence as [those of] his predecessors in the dramatic revolution that began with Ibsen and is still going on.?/div>