The Theater of the Absurd was a mid-20th century movement that rejected realism and formal conventions. Samuel Beckett, Eugene Ionesco, Arthur Adamov, Jean Genet, and Harold Pinter were leading playwrights. Their works featured minimalist sets, repetitive dialogue, and archetypal characters. Theater of the Absurd was a mid-20th century theater movement that began as a reaction […]
The Theater of the Absurd is a mid-20th century movement characterized by plays with gibberish dialogue, unrealistic storylines, and no intrinsic meaning. Samuel Beckett, Eugene Ionesco, Arthur Adamov, Jean Genet, Harold Pinter, Tom Stoppard, Edward Albee, and Jean Tardieu are considered leaders of the movement. The movement began as an experimental theater in Paris and […]