| Description | Programme for 'Exit the King' in the Olivier Theatre. Programme contains essays 'The Art of Dying: Eugene Ionesco and 'Exit the King'' by Andrew Dickinson on absurdism and the universality of Ionesco's work, 'The Line of Eugene Ionesco' an overview by his daughter Marie-France Ionesco, 'An Apprenticeship in Dying' Eugene Ionesco's words and art, 'The Genesis of a Masterpiece' Exit the King's first director, Jacques Mauclair, on how the play came to be written, ''Exit the King' Performances Across the World', 'On the Denial of Death' Stephen Cave on humanity's fear of dying. Includes cast and creative biographies and rehearsal images. Introductory essay 'Sustainability Takes Centre Stage' by Charles Meyrick on the start of the National Theatre's journey into environmental sustainability. |