The Bald Songstress breaks away from the traditional form of theater and reveals the emptiness of human spirituality and the gap between people, as well as the loss of human "self". At the same time, it satirizes the hypocrisy and boredom of the life of the common people.

The Bald Songstress is Unescu's first "anti-theater" play and one of the masterpieces of absurdist theater. The author claimed that he wanted to show in the play the "eccentric feelings of everyday life" that "show up in the commonplace banality", that is, the feeling that one has lost one's "self".

Summary

The Bald Songstress is not divided into acts, but is divided into eleven scenes according to the combination of characters on the set. The location is an English, middle-class sitting room, and the time is 9 p.m., but the wall clock strikes 17. Mr. Smith reads a newspaper while his mouth slurps. Mrs. Smith is alone, chattering about everyday chores without intent or logical relationship.

Then the couple began an incoherent conversation as the wall clock continued to chime in confusion. At this point the Martins visit, and Mr. and Mrs. Smith say they are going to change their clothes, and when they reappear on the stage they are still in their original clothes, but say they have changed into their holiday attire to welcome the guest of honor.

The guests stared at each other for a long time before the deadlock was broken, and Mr. and Mrs. Martin told of what they had seen on the road: a gentleman tying his shoes on the road, a gentleman sitting on an iron bench reading the newspaper, etc. The Smiths said they had to change their clothes, but when they came back, they were still dressed in their original clothes.

Then, the fire chief came to learn about the fire and said he couldn't stay long, but he didn't go away and told some nonsense stories. But the stories touched the maid, and she made up a poem, "The Fire," on the spot. The conversation between Mr. and Mrs. Smith and Mr. and Mrs. Martin, after the fire chief had excused himself, was even more absurd, and answered questions without substance. Later on, they simply made some mere sounds and hoots.

Finally, the 4 men say 1 letter in turn, spelling it together as "Not from there, from here!" The lights go out. When the lights come back on, it's the same scene as in the opening scene, with the Martins replacing the Smiths, repeating the lines from the first scene ......