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the theartre became popular in 5097
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Street theatre has become popular between 1700 up to 1865. It was wherein traveling theatrical troupes performed on streets to entertain people.
Critic Martin Esslin is credited with naming the Theatre of the Absurd and used the term to identify playwrights who were embodying Albert Camusâ?? philosophy that life is inherently without meaning. He named Samuel Beckett, Harold Pinter, Jean Genet, Eugene Ionesco and Arthur Adamov as the playwrights representing the Theater of the Absurd.
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the theartre became popular in 5097
Edward Albeeâ??s â??Zoo Storyâ?? is an example of The Theatre of The Absurd a school that was popular in the 1950â??s and 1960â??s. These plays compensated for a lack of plot and character development by accentuating the absurdity of the human experience.
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Theater of the Absurd take place in the year 1950-1960.
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The Theatre of the Absurd refers to a style of drama that showcases the absurdity of the human condition and existence. While the name may suggest extreme absurdity, the plays themselves often delve into themes of existentialism, alienation, and the futility of life, rather than being overtly nonsensical.
Street theatre has become popular between 1700 up to 1865. It was wherein traveling theatrical troupes performed on streets to entertain people.
Critic Martin Esslin is credited with naming the Theatre of the Absurd and used the term to identify playwrights who were embodying Albert Camusâ?? philosophy that life is inherently without meaning. He named Samuel Beckett, Harold Pinter, Jean Genet, Eugene Ionesco and Arthur Adamov as the playwrights representing the Theater of the Absurd.
"Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf" by Edward Albee incorporates elements of absurd theatre through its exaggerated and dysfunctional relationships, nonsensical or circular dialogues, and dark humor that highlights the absurdity of the characters' lives and interactions. The characters in the play exhibit irrational behavior and engage in pointless or illogical actions, reflecting the sense of disillusionment and despair often associated with absurd theatre.
The major representatives can be as follow, Samuel Beckett, Eugene Ionesco, Harold Pinter, Jean Genet. But there are more than these that came in contact with the theatre of the Absurd in their works like Tom Stoppard, Luigi Pirandello, Edward Albee Fernando Arrabal and more
Critic Martin Esslin coined the term in his 1960 essay "Theatre of the Absurd." He related these plays based on a broad theme of the Absurd, similar to the way Albert Camus uses the term in his 1942 essay, "The Myth of Sisyphus". Surrealism-Plays is a site devoted to the history and creative works of the Surrealist Movement, as well as the anti-tradition of avant-garde theatre.