The Theatre of the Absurd, a movement, written between 1940 and 1960. It's selected as “anti-plays.” Martin Esslin coined the term “The Theatre of the Absurd” in his 1960 book of the same name. It was by Existential philosophy. It aligned best with the philosophy in Albert Camus’ essay The Myth of Sisyphus (1942). Esslin expresses Greek mythological figure, Sisyphus. In Eugene Ionesco's play, he explores the meaningless. The most famous and influential example is Samuel Beckett's play Waiting for Godot expresses theatre of Absurd.
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