Fifty years after the publication of Martin Esslin's The Theatre of the Absurd , which suggests that 'absurd' plays purport the meaninglessness of life,thisbook uses the works of fivemajor playwrights of the 1950s to providea timely reassessment of one of the most important theatre 'movements' of the 20th century.
Introduction: Reassessing the Theatre of the Absurd 'The Parable of Estagon's Struggle with the Boot' in Waiting for Godot The Pinteresque Oedipal Household: The Interrogation Scene(s) in The Birthday Party The Parable of the White Clown: The Use of Ritual in Jean Genet's The Blacks: A Clown Show Berenger, The Sisyphean Hero Conclusion: Theorizing a 'Female Absurd' in Beth Henley's Crimes of the Heart as a Means of Reassessing the Theatre of the Absurd
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