Meaning Theatre of the Absurd
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Theatre of the Absurd


Avant-garde drama movement originating in the 1950s in Europe with dramatists such as Samuel Beckett
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Theatre of the Absurd


A phrase used to describe a group of plays written during and after the 1950s. The term “absurd” is used because the plots and the characters (though not the themes) are unconventional when examined i [..]
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Theatre of the Absurd


a form of theatre in which language is unconventional and in which political and social problems are examined and presented in unconventional ways.
Source: artsonline2.tki.org.nz





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