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The Theatre of the Absurd
URI:
https://gptkb.org/entity/The_Theatre_of_the_Absurd
GPTKB entity
Statements (53)
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
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