Theatre of the Absurd
Wed, 7 Mar 2007, 05:09 pmSean B11 posts in thread
Theatre of the Absurd
Wed, 7 Mar 2007, 05:09 pmRecently my drama class has been studying Theatre of the Absurd studying playwrights and dramatists such as Eugene Ionesco and Samuel Beckett.
Over the holidays we had the set task of reading "The Bald Prima Donna" which (although not fully understanding what was going on over the holidays) I did enjpoy.
This was really our first actual study into this form of theatre, I have read extracts from plays such as "Waiting For Godot" and "Rhinoceros" which I found very interesting at the time.
In a few weeks we are off to see Geoffrey Rush in 'Exit The king' which I am also excited about as we will be able to see Absurdism on stage, a factor that ome students in the class are definately finding confusing...but is that what absurdism is meant to be?
(I'll review Exit The King on this site after I've seen it)
So what does everyone else think about Absurdism?
Has anyone been in any absurdist plays?
I'd really like to know, I find it all quite fascinating!
Well we're going off to see
Fri, 9 Mar 2007, 10:10 amWell we're going off to see Exit the King which will be good- especially to get a grasp.
I found that last year when exploring non-naturalism, after doing a workshop with some pro's and seeing a non-naturalistic play really helped me to see what a non-naturalistic show was like on stage..
Our drama class had been so used to narrative.
I'm looking forward to working on some absurdism in the next few weeks in our classes and seeing Exit The King. We just got our Drama Ensemble Groups so work begins on the ensemble from now on....very exciting!
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