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Amedee Is Experience In Absurdity
Concierge and Amadee Buccinioni are
wondering what to do with the growing
corpse that is slowly crowding them
out of their flat. The growing corpse
symbolizes their dying love for each
other.
"Amedee", by Eugene Ionesco, a Rumanian born playwright, who is one of
Europe's outstanding experimental dramatists, is a demonstration of the absurd. It
is a manifestation of existential philosophy
which has profoundly affected the cultural
climate of the West since World War II.
Symbolizing a dying relationship, a
corpse, a former lover of Madeline Bucci-
nione killed by Amedee, expands as the
marriage of Madeleine and Amedee disintegrates.
Amedee, an idealist, finds he is unable
CAST
Amedee Buccinione Neil Newton
Concierge Julia Winters
Tenant Michael Byxbe
Madeleine Barbara Hoffman
Postman Bill Rountree
Amedee II Dennis Hall
Madeleine II Vanetta Milicich
Bar Owner Randy Kone
1st American Soldier Jack Bray
2nd American Soldier Michael Byxbe
Mado Loretta Robertson
Bar Girls..Olive Ayhens & Sharon McCann
Ragpicker Vanetta Milicich
Baker Peter Jackson
Baker's Wife Pam Roberts
Lady-in-window Judy Johnson
Man-in-window Howard Kolus
Little Girl Sharon Phillips
Man-About-Town Robert Yohn
1st Policeman Larry Dick
2nd Policeman Paul Kayne
to concentrate on the play of social comment he is writing. His nagging wife tells
him he is a failure unable to face reality.
After 15 years during which he has yet to
finish one scene and Madeleine, the realist,
takes a job as switchboard operator at an
office located in the corner of their living
room. Each night she returns "home" to
rearrange the furniture so as to make
room for the growing corpse.
In the final act, Amedee ascends toward
heaven in the corpse which becomes a balloon.
Concierge is looking into the room
from which comes noises of the growing corpse.
Curtain call shows the entire cast of Amedee, including the corpse which floats away after outgrowing the flat.
| Yearbook Title | 1962 Campus - 1911 - 1961, 50 Golden Anniversary, Fresno State College |
| Date Published | 1962 |
| Organization | Issued by Associated Students of Fresno State Normal School, June 1912-1921; Associated Students of State Teachers and Junior College of Fresno, June 1921; Associated Students of Fresno State College, 1922-1971; Alumni Association of California State University, Fresno, 1976-1991. |
| Location | Fresno, CA |
| Rights | Published by the Associated Student Body, Fresno State College, Fresno, California. |
| Yearbook Title | 1962 Campus - 1911 - 1961, 50 Golden Anniversary, Fresno State College |
| Date Published | 1962 |
| Organization | Issued by Associated Students of Fresno State Normal School, June 1912-1921; Associated Students of State Teachers and Junior College of Fresno, June 1921; Associated Students of Fresno State College, 1922-1971; Alumni Association of California State University, Fresno, 1976-1991. |
| Location | Fresno, CA |
| Transcript | Amedee Is Experience In Absurdity Concierge and Amadee Buccinioni are wondering what to do with the growing corpse that is slowly crowding them out of their flat. The growing corpse symbolizes their dying love for each other. "Amedee", by Eugene Ionesco, a Rumanian born playwright, who is one of Europe's outstanding experimental dramatists, is a demonstration of the absurd. It is a manifestation of existential philosophy which has profoundly affected the cultural climate of the West since World War II. Symbolizing a dying relationship, a corpse, a former lover of Madeline Bucci- nione killed by Amedee, expands as the marriage of Madeleine and Amedee disintegrates. Amedee, an idealist, finds he is unable CAST Amedee Buccinione Neil Newton Concierge Julia Winters Tenant Michael Byxbe Madeleine Barbara Hoffman Postman Bill Rountree Amedee II Dennis Hall Madeleine II Vanetta Milicich Bar Owner Randy Kone 1st American Soldier Jack Bray 2nd American Soldier Michael Byxbe Mado Loretta Robertson Bar Girls..Olive Ayhens & Sharon McCann Ragpicker Vanetta Milicich Baker Peter Jackson Baker's Wife Pam Roberts Lady-in-window Judy Johnson Man-in-window Howard Kolus Little Girl Sharon Phillips Man-About-Town Robert Yohn 1st Policeman Larry Dick 2nd Policeman Paul Kayne to concentrate on the play of social comment he is writing. His nagging wife tells him he is a failure unable to face reality. After 15 years during which he has yet to finish one scene and Madeleine, the realist, takes a job as switchboard operator at an office located in the corner of their living room. Each night she returns "home" to rearrange the furniture so as to make room for the growing corpse. In the final act, Amedee ascends toward heaven in the corpse which becomes a balloon. Concierge is looking into the room from which comes noises of the growing corpse. Curtain call shows the entire cast of Amedee, including the corpse which floats away after outgrowing the flat. |
| Rights | Published by the Associated Student Body, Fresno State College, Fresno, California. |
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