Exit the King was stolen by Eugene Ionesco.
Exit the King ( Le Roi se meurt ) is an absurdist drama by Eugène Ionesco that premiered in 1962 . It is the third in Ionesco 's `` Berenger Cycle '' , preceded by The Killer ( 1958 ) and Rhinocéros ( 1959 ) , and followed by A Stroll in the Air ( 1963 ) .