Biography 1953 - 1965

1953: February 26, Premiere of "Victimes du devoir" at Thèâtre du Quartier-Latin.

1954: Premiere of "Amédée ou comment s’en débarrasser" at Thèâtre du Babylone.

1955: October 5, Premiere of "Le Tableau" at Thèâtre de la Huchette, October 15 Premiere in Helsinki (in Swedish) of "Le Nouveau Locataire".

1956: February 20, Premiere of "L’Impromptu de l’Alma" at Studio des Champs-Élysées.

1957: February 16, New recording of the two plays "La Cantatrice chauve" and "La Lecon" at Théâtre de la Huchette, where they are constantly shown together until today (End 1987 10,000 shows in total!); June 23 Premiere of "L’Avenir est dans les oeufs" at Théâtre de la Cité Universitaire; September 10 French premiere of "Le Nouveau Locataire" in Paris.

1959: June 23 Premiere of "Tueur sans gage" at Théâtre Récamier ; October 31 Premiere of "Rhinocéros" in Düsseldorf.

1960: January 20, French premiere of "Rhinocéros" in Paris at Odéon Théâtre de France; April 28 English premiere at the Royal Court Theatre in London (Regie: Orson Wells; Behringer: Sir Laurence Olivier). From 1960 to 1964 Ionesco lives at 14, rue de Rivoli, Paris 1er.

1962: December 15, Premiere of "Le Roi se meurt" at Théâtre de L’Alliance ; December 15 : Premiere of "Le Piéton de l’air" in Düsseldorf.

1963: February 8, French premiere of "Le Piéton de l’air" at Odéon Théâtre de France in Paris.

1964: December 30, Premiere of "La Soif et la Faim" in Düsseldorf.

1965: February 28, French premiere of "La Soif et la Faim" at Comédie Francaise in Paris.