Theatre of the Absurd

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf theatrical movement
gptkbp:characteristic repetition
circular plot structure
minimalist staging
nonsensical dialogue
gptkbp:coinedBy gptkb:Martin_Esslin
1961
gptkbp:emergedIn 1950s
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Theatre of the Absurd
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Dadaism
existentialism
surrealism
gptkbp:language gptkb:French
gptkb:German
English
gptkbp:mainTheme breakdown of communication
illogical situations
meaninglessness of human existence
gptkbp:notableContributor gptkb:Edward_Albee
gptkb:Günter_Grass
gptkb:Harold_Pinter
gptkb:Jean_Genet
gptkb:Samuel_Beckett
gptkb:The_Birthday_Party
gptkb:The_Caretaker
gptkb:The_Dumb_Waiter
gptkb:The_Room
gptkb:The_Zoo_Story
gptkb:Tom_Stoppard
gptkb:Václav_Havel
gptkb:Boris_Vian
gptkb:Friedrich_Dürrenmatt
gptkb:The_Maids
gptkb:Endgame
gptkb:Krapp's_Last_Tape
gptkb:Peter_Weiss
gptkb:The_Ghost_Sonata
gptkb:Waiting_for_Godot
gptkb:Aleksandr_Vvedensky
gptkb:Alfred_Jarry
gptkb:Arthur_Adamov
gptkb:Daniil_Kharms
gptkb:Eugène_Ionesco
gptkb:Fernando_Arrabal
gptkb:N.F._Simpson
gptkb:Picnic_on_the_Battlefield
gptkb:Rhinoceros
gptkb:Slawomir_Mrozek
gptkb:Stanislaw_Ignacy_Witkiewicz
gptkb:Tadeusz_Różewicz
gptkb:The_American_Dream
gptkb:The_Bald_Soprano
gptkb:The_Chairs
gptkb:The_Future_is_in_Eggs
gptkb:The_Garden_Party
gptkb:The_Killer
gptkb:The_Lesson
gptkb:The_Memorandum
gptkb:The_New_Tenant
gptkb:The_Persecution_and_Assassination_of_Jean-Paul_Marat
gptkb:The_Sandbox
gptkb:Ubu_Roi
gptkb:Victims_of_Duty
gptkbp:regionOfOrigin gptkb:Europe
gptkbp:relatedConcept avant-garde theatre
absurdism
existential theatre
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Harold_Pinter
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4