The absurdity of it: Ionesco play makes theatre history

Independent Online Edition: "A world theatrical record was set last night in a small, scruffy theatre in one of the most tasteless streets in Paris. Every day, except Sundays, for the past 50 years, the curtain has risen on 'Mr and Mrs Smith', an (allegedly) typical English couple. Mr Smith smokes his English pipe. Mrs Smith darns her English socks. 'There is a long moment of English silence. The English clock strikes 17 English chimes.'"