The Theatre of the Absurd

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/The_Theatre_of_the_Absurd

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	theatrical movement
gptkbp:characterizedBy	illogical situations nonsensical dialogue circular structure existential themes
gptkbp:coinedBy	gptkb:Martin_Esslin 1961
gptkbp:emergedIn	gptkb:France 1950s
gptkbp:focusesOn	alienation repetition breakdown of communication meaninglessness of human existence incoherence
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	The Theatre of the Absurd
gptkbp:influencedBy	gptkb:Dadaism existentialism surrealism
gptkbp:language	gptkb:French English
gptkbp:notableContributor	gptkb:Edward_Albee gptkb:Harold_Pinter gptkb:Jean_Genet gptkb:Samuel_Beckett gptkb:The_Birthday_Party gptkb:Tom_Stoppard gptkb:Boris_Vian gptkb:Endgame gptkb:Waiting_for_Godot gptkb:Aleksandr_Vvedensky gptkb:Arthur_Adamov gptkb:Daniil_Kharms gptkb:Eugène_Ionesco gptkb:Fernando_Arrabal gptkb:N.F._Simpson gptkb:Slawomir_Mrozek gptkb:The_Bald_Soprano gptkb:The_Chairs
gptkbp:notableDirector	gptkb:Peter_Hall gptkb:Jean-Louis_Barrault gptkb:Roger_Blin
gptkbp:notableWork	gptkb:The_Dumb_Waiter gptkb:The_Zoo_Story gptkb:Krapp's_Last_Tape gptkb:Rhinoceros gptkb:The_Lesson
gptkbp:publishedIn	gptkb:Theatre_of_the_Absurd_(book)
gptkbp:relatedConcept	avant-garde theatre modernism postmodernism absurdism
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Martin_Esslin
gptkbp:bfsLayer	6