Le Nouveau Locataire

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The New Tenant or Le Nouveau Locataire is a play written by Eugene Ionesco written in 1955. The central image is common in many Ionesco plays: something accumulates on stage and overwhelms the characters. In this case it's furniture. The main characters are a gentleman, a caretaker, and two movers. The caretaker talks as the gentleman, the "new tenant" of the title, directs the two movers who continuously bring in furniture.

v • d • e The plays of Eugène Ionesco The Bald Soprano · Salutations · The Lesson · The Chairs · The Leader · Victims of Duty · Maid to Marry · Amédée, or How to Get Rid of It · Jack, or The Submission · The New Tenant · The Picture · Improvisation · The Future is in Eggs, or It Takes All Sorts to Make a World · The Killer · Foursome · Rhinoceros · Frenzy for Two or More · Exit the King · A Stroll in the Air · Hunger and Thirst · Killing Game · Macbett · Man with Bags · Journeys among the Dead · The Viscount