French playwright of Romanian origin Eugene Ionesco (1909-1994) is rightly called one of the creators of the "new" theater - the theater of the absurd. Ionesco's characters - or, as he called them, "puppets" - fight helplessly in the absurdity of life: irrational, funny, grotesque, full of misunderstanding and pain. Comedy, according to the author, is more tragic than the tragedy itself, because the latter has rules, and pain is the limit. Comedy, on the other hand, is a game without rules. Primitive and at the same time complex primitive feelings are hidden behind numerous puns, bizarre play on words, ambiguous jokes and by no means ambiguous hints. Too banal. Too human. How to recognize them by masks? How to feel the ground under your feet in this shaky, ridiculously absurd world, where the Orator is deaf, the Teacher is stupid, the King is weak, and the Detective is unable to arrest the ruthless Assassin, despite knowing everything about his every move? .. This book - for those who, looking for clear answers, know that they do not exist and cannot exist.