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The Bald Soprano was the first play written by absurdist playwright Eugène Ionesco. Ionesco was inspired to write the piece while learning English; amused and intrigued by the practice phrases in his introductory course, he decided to write a play depicting an “English evening� of a “Englishman� and “Englishwoman.� Ionesco considered titling the play L’anglais sans peine (“English without toil�), Il pleut des chiens et des chats (It’s raining cats and dogs), L’heure anglaise (“The English hour�), and Big Ben Follies. He chose La Cantatrice chauve (“The bald soprano�) after one of the actors