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Theatre studies

Esslin's label for postwar plays that present human existence as without purpose by abandoning logical plot, character and language.

In theatre studies, theatre of the absurd refers to Esslin's label for postwar plays that present human existence as without purpose by abandoning logical plot, character and language. This meaning comes from Esslin (1961) in The theatre of the absurd.[1]

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Esslin, M. (1961). The theatre of the absurd. Eyre & Spottiswoode. ISBN 9781400075232

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