This is a play out of Theatre of the Absurd, and the production needs to keep that in mind in the early stages of development. To treat this play as being straightforward would be a great betrayal of the intentions of the author. Eugene Ionesco's first experience with theater was at a puppet show, and he was enthralled with it, in its simplicity and grotesqueness. He looked at his plays as they should partly becoming from nightmares.
There are not a lot of outside references to people or places so the production team is a lot more free to make the show as absurd as possible. Speaking as a designer i know it can make it more fun and artistically challenging when I'm not having to keep to take in consideration how clothes or furniture looked at any given time.
I don't see any problems that need to be addressed. Reviews of other productions have not spoken of any problems with script or handling of script. The biggest problem might be havening a king who can play the wide fast range of emotion.
