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The Theatre of the Absurd refers to plays written in the late 1940s-1960s that featured themes of absurdity and meaningless. The term was coined by critic Martin Esslin to describe plays that portrayed the irrational and nonsensical in human existence. Key characteristics include plots lacking reason, characters in hopeless situations, and meaningless repetitive actions. Major playwrights associated with it include Samuel Beckett, Eugène Ionesco, and Harold Pinter. While not strictly existentialist, the wor
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- Abraxaz
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