Theatre of the Absurd

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dramatic genre literary movement theatrical movement

Theatre of the Absurd is a post–World War II dramatic movement characterized by illogical situations, fragmented dialogue, and existential themes that highlight the absurdity and meaninglessness of human existence.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Theatre of the Absurd canonical	36
theatre of the absurd	3
The Theatre of the Absurd	1

Statements (61)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	dramatic genre ⓘ literary movement ⓘ theatrical movement ⓘ
coinedBy	Martin Esslin ⓘ
documentedInWork	Theatre of the Absurd self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: The Theatre of the Absurd
documentedInWorkAuthor	Martin Esslin ⓘ
emergedInCountry	France ⓘ Germany ⓘ Ireland ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
hasArtisticMedium	drama ⓘ theatre ⓘ
hasCharacteristic	black comedy ⓘ circular dialogue ⓘ fragmented dialogue ⓘ illogical situations ⓘ lack of conventional character development ⓘ metatheatricality ⓘ minimal plot ⓘ nonlinear narrative ⓘ repetition ⓘ tragicomedy ⓘ
hasLanguage	English ⓘ French ⓘ German ⓘ
hasNotablePlay	Endgame ⓘ Rhinoceros ⓘ Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead ⓘ surface form: Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead The Bald Soprano ⓘ The Birthday Party ⓘ The Chairs ⓘ The Dumb Waiter ⓘ Waiting for Godot ⓘ
hasNotablePlaywright	Arthur Adamov ⓘ Eugene Ionesco ⓘ surface form: Eugène Ionesco Harold Pinter ⓘ Jean Genet ⓘ Samuel Beckett ⓘ Tom Stoppard ⓘ
hasTheme	absurdity of human existence ⓘ alienation ⓘ breakdown of communication ⓘ death ⓘ existential anxiety ⓘ futility of action ⓘ isolation ⓘ meaninglessness of life ⓘ uncertainty ⓘ
hasTimePeriod	post–World War II era ⓘ
influencedBy	Albert Camus ⓘ Dada ⓘ surface form: Dadaism Franz Kafka ⓘ Jean-Paul Sartre ⓘ Surrealism ⓘ existentialist philosophy ⓘ
isReactionTo	World War II trauma ⓘ crisis of meaning in modern society ⓘ
relatedTo	existentialism ⓘ modernism ⓘ postmodern theatre ⓘ

Referenced by (40)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Edward Albee → movement → Theatre of the Absurd ⓘ

Samuel Beckett → movement → Theatre of the Absurd ⓘ

Harold Pinter → movement → Theatre of the Absurd ⓘ

Theatre of the Absurd → documentedInWork → Theatre of the Absurd self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: The Theatre of the Absurd

The Zoo Story → movement → Theatre of the Absurd ⓘ

The American Dream → theatricalMovement → Theatre of the Absurd ⓘ

Eugene Ionesco → movement → Theatre of the Absurd ⓘ

Eugene Ionesco → subjectOf → Theatre of the Absurd ⓘ

Beckett → movement → Theatre of the Absurd ⓘ

subject surface form: Samuel Beckett

Waiting for Godot → genre → Theatre of the Absurd ⓘ

Waiting for Godot → movement → Theatre of the Absurd ⓘ

Endgame → movement → Theatre of the Absurd ⓘ

Happy Days → movement → Theatre of the Absurd ⓘ

Watt → literaryMovement → Theatre of the Absurd ⓘ

Krapp's Last Tape → dramaticStyle → Theatre of the Absurd ⓘ

this entity surface form: theatre of the absurd

Entertaining Mr Sloane (stage production) → influencedBy → Theatre of the Absurd ⓘ

subject surface form: Entertaining Mr Sloane

The Birthday Party → movement → Theatre of the Absurd ⓘ

The Caretaker → associatedMovement → Theatre of the Absurd ⓘ

The Dumb Waiter → movement → Theatre of the Absurd ⓘ

The Room → literaryMovement → Theatre of the Absurd ⓘ

Mountain Language → movement → Theatre of the Absurd ⓘ

Landscape → movement → Theatre of the Absurd ⓘ

the absurd → influenced → Theatre of the Absurd ⓘ

this entity surface form: theatre of the absurd

French theatre → hasMovement → Theatre of the Absurd ⓘ

Beckett on Film: Play → hasStyle → Theatre of the Absurd ⓘ

this entity surface form: theatre of the absurd

Not I → influencedBy → Theatre of the Absurd ⓘ

Rockaby → movement → Theatre of the Absurd ⓘ

Eh Joe → movement → Theatre of the Absurd ⓘ

Act Without Words I → dramaticTradition → Theatre of the Absurd ⓘ

Rough for Theatre I → movement → Theatre of the Absurd ⓘ

Catastrophe → literaryMovement → Theatre of the Absurd ⓘ

What Where → movement → Theatre of the Absurd ⓘ

Breath → associatedWithMovement → Theatre of the Absurd ⓘ

Come and Go → literaryMovement → Theatre of the Absurd ⓘ

Ohio Impromptu → movement → Theatre of the Absurd ⓘ

That Time → movement → Theatre of the Absurd ⓘ

Ghost Trio → movement → Theatre of the Absurd ⓘ

A Piece of Monologue → associatedMovement → Theatre of the Absurd ⓘ

Act Without Words II → movement → Theatre of the Absurd ⓘ

Rough for Theatre II → movement → Theatre of the Absurd ⓘ