“All the plays that have ever been written, from ancient Greece to the present day, have never really been anything but thrillers…
Drama's always been realistic and there's always been a detective about…
Every play's an investigation brought to a successful conclusion.”

—  Eugéne Ionesco

Victimes du Devoir [Victims of Duty] (1953)

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