Tag Archives: Eugene Ionesco

Rhinos Ignore Covid Protocols

By Robin Bates | Published: May 5, 2022

Covid-19 isn’t over but people are acting as though it is. This theater historians invokes Ionesco’s “Rhinoceros” to caution us.

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“Rhinoceros” and Trump’s GOP Takeover

By Robin Bates | Published: September 8, 2019

Ionesco’s “Rhinoceros” brilliantly captures how creeping authoritarianism works. It’s only too relevant.

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American TV, the World’s English

By Robin Bates | Published: August 11, 2010

Image from Poltergeist  I am pleased that Jason Blake, who teaches English at the University of Ljubljana, is becoming a regular contributor to this website. As an English speaker living in Slovenia, Jason is particularly sensitive to questions of language. In the following essay he triggers memories for me when he talks about how television, […]

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