The Old Man talks with increasing grandiosity about his life and the message that he hopes will save mankind. They are very excited when the Emperor arrives, also invisible. The room appears to be packed and the couple act as ushers. They frantically arrange chairs for more and more invisible guests.
The old couple tell them contradictory stories about their past lives. They include the Old Man’s former lover and a photographer with whom the Old Woman flirts. When the guests arrive, they are invisible to the audience, yet the couple bring chairs and engage them in conversation. He says he has a great message for mankind, and has engaged an orator to deliver it to their guests. The Old Man tells a favourite story from their past, and the Old Woman, who seems to be both wife and mother, says he could have been much more in life than a caretaker.
Setting Īn old married couple are alone waiting for guests to arrive. For Ionesco's Sandaliha ( The Chairs), Bahman Mohasses created a number of decorative and expressive chairs that when put together suggested an abstract forest.
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