Ionesco wrote a number of sublime plays. The ones in this book are not among them. They are passable, workable, and have the benefit of being absurdist, but they do not have the genius of Rhinoceros or The Chairs. The film scenario, Anger, does have that feel of The Chairs, an ordinary situation escalating to the point of total absurdity, but the others are more like exercises in absurdism rather than fully developed works. Still, Ionesco is in there, and there are many things to like in this collection...just not that much to really love. ( )