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Is there any example of absurd comedy drama written by William Shakesphere?
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∙ 13y ago
Without knowing your definition of "absurd comedy drama" it is difficult to answer this. Many Shakespearean plays have fantasy or folktale elements, such as A Midsummer Night's Dream or The Tempest. This is not what is usually considered to be absurdist, though.
If absurdist means the idea that life has no meaning (the kind of notion to be found in the works of Samuel Beckett, for example), Shakespeare's dark and cynical play Troilus and Cressida may be an example. It is usually called a comedy since most characters are still alive at the end (except Hector, unfortunately), and it has certain darkly funny scenes involving the cynical and snarky Thersites and the goon Ajax, and the manipulation of the pouting queer Achilles.
If absurd comedy means the kind of surrealism found in, say, the Goon Show and any British humour influenced by it, then this kind of comedy is not found in Shakespeare.
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