Theatre of the absurd

Why does Theatre of the Absurd still speak to us today? We look at the origins of absurdist theatre, some of its most prominent playwrights and key texts.

Theatre of the Absurd, dramatic work of certain European and American dramatists of the 1950s and early ’60s who agreed with the Existentialist philosopher Albert Camus’s assessment, in his essay ‘The Myth of Sisyphus,’ that the human situation is essentially absurd, devoid of purpose.

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refers to a genre of theater called experimental theatre. Experimental theatre is closely associated with playwrights who experimented with non-traditional forms of theater i.e. theatre of the absurd, performance art, expressionism and surrealism.

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Why does Theatre of the Absurd still speak to us today? We look at the origins of absurdist theatre, some of its most prominent playwrights and key texts.

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Alfred Jarry (absinthe drinker, dishevelled writer and anarchist with an elegant beard- born in 1876) is said to be the father of ThH ThEatRe OF tEe AbSurdd and, it is with that we discover the i…

Ubu Roi is a parody of Macbeth in which a revolutionary (that’s our Ubu!) kills the King of Poland and then does a number of other obscene things; a lot of the action is apparently outright nonsense. It is a precursor to Dada, Surrealism and the Theatre of the Absurd.

Alvin Epstein, a classical stage actor and director who appeared in the Broadway premiere of “Waiting for Godot” and went on to become widely known for his mastery of that and other plays by Samuel Beckett, died on Monday in Newton, Mass. He was 93...

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I like the concept of the play happening on a clock. Maybe we could invoke the surrealism painting of the clocks draped over the landscape

Mark Rylance and Simon McBurney combine for a richly rewarding production of Samuel Beckett's Endgame. Rating: * * * * *