Absurd, theater of the
absurd, theater of the
plays that stress the illogical or irrational aspects of experience, usually to show the pointlessness of modern life. samuel beckett, friedrich dürrenmatt, eugene ionesco, edward albee, and harold pinter have written plays of this kind.
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