the theatre of the absurd
11Absurd — may refer to: * Absurdism, a philosophy born of existentialism * Absurd or surreal humour * Absurd (band), a National Socialist Black Metal band * Absurd (Fluke song), an single by the band Fluke * Theatre of the Absurd, an artform utilizing the… …
12The Gondoliers — or The King of Barataria , is a Savoy Opera, with music by Arthur Sullivan and libretto by W. S. Gilbert. It premiered at the Savoy Theatre on December 7 1889, and ran for a very successful 554 performances (at that time the fifth longest runnin …
13Theatre on the Balustrade — (2006) The Theatre on the Balustrade (Divadlo Na zábradlí) is situated in Prague, Czech republic. The theatre was founded in 1958. Its founders Helena Philipová, Ivan Vyskočil, Jiří Suchý and Vladimír Vodička named their professional theatre… …
14The Haters — are a noise music and conceptual art troupe from the United States. Founded in 1979, they are one of the earliest and most well known acts in the modern noise scene. The group is primarily the work of the Hollywood, California based musician,… …
15The Caretaker — is a play by the Nobel Laureate Harold Pinter, first published in 1959. It was Pinter’s sixth stage/TV play and was the work that gave him his first significant commercial success. It was first performed at the Arts Theatre, London on 27 April… …
16The Bed-Sitting Room — is a satirical play by Spike Milligan and John Antrobus. It started off as a one act play which was first produced at the Marlowe Theatre, Canterbury. This was adapted to a longer play which was first performed in 1963 at London s Mermaid Theatre …
17The Traveling Companion and Other Plays — is a collection of experimental plays written by American playwright Tennessee Williams and published by New Directions in New York City in 2008. It is edited by Williams scholar Annette Saddik, who provides the introduction. The majority of the… …
18theatre, Western — ▪ art Introduction history of the Western theatre from its origins in pre Classical antiquity to the present. For a discussion of drama as a literary form, see dramatic literature and the articles on individual national literatures.… …
19theatre — /thee euh teuhr, theeeu /, n. theater. * * * I Building or space in which performances are given before an audience. It contains an auditorium and stage. In ancient Greece, where Western theatre began (5th century BC), theatres were constructed… …
20Absurd, Theatre of the — dramatic works of certain European and American dramatists of the 1950s and early 60s who agreed with the Existentialist philosopher Albert Camus s (Camus, Albert) assessment, in his essay “The Myth of Sisyphus” (1942), that the human… …
