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  1. The theatre of the absurd ( French: théâtre de l'absurde [teɑtʁ (ə) də lapsyʁd]) is a post– World War II designation for particular plays of absurdist fiction written by a number of primarily European playwrights in the late 1950s. It is also a term for the style of theatre the plays represent.

  2. Teatro do absurdo foi a designação criada em 1961 pelo crítico húngaro radicado na Inglaterra, Martin Esslin ( 1918 - 2002 ), tentando sintetizar uma definição que agrupasse as obras de dramaturgos de diversos países, as quais, apesar de serem completamente diferentes em suas formas, tinham como ponto central o tratamento inusitado de aspectos i...

  3. Theatre of the Absurd, dramatic works of certain European and American dramatists of the 1950s and early ’60s who agreed with the Existentialist philosopher Albert Camus’s assessment, in his essay “ The Myth of Sisyphus” (1942), that the human situation is essentially absurd, devoid of purpose.

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  4. Ionesco instigated a revolution in ideas and techniques of drama, beginning with his "anti play", The Bald Soprano which contributed to the beginnings of what is known as the Theatre of the Absurd, which includes a number of plays that, following the ideas of the philosopher Albert Camus, explore concepts of absurdism and surrealism.

  5. The Theatre of the Absurd is a movement made up of many diverse plays, most of which were written between 1940 and 1960. When first performed, these plays shocked their audiences as they were startlingly different than anything that had been previously staged.