Salutations (play)

Salutations
Written by	Eugène Ionesco
Date premiered	1950 (1950)
Original language	French
Genre	Theatre of the Absurd

Salutation (French: Les Salutation) is a sketch written by Eugène Ionesco in 1950. Three men, after being asked "How are you?" greet each other continuously through different adverbs and each responding to the civilities of the previous questioner. Typically, each character would end with "And you?" after each adverb. There are also several spectators commenting about the characters on stage.

Eugène Ionesco

Plays	The Bald Soprano (1950) The Lesson (1951) The Chairs (1952) Victims of Duty (1953) Amédée, or How to Get Rid of It (1954) Jack, or The Submission (1955) The New Tenant (1955) The Picture (1955) The Killer (1958) Rhinoceros (1959) Exit the King (1962) Hunger and Thirst (1964) Macbett (1972)

Novels	The Hermit (1973)

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