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!
Yes I would agre that it is
Mon, 12 Mar 2007, 02:28 pmYes I would agre that it is not directly related to existentialism. For example (although not on the stage) Monty Python uses absurdism quite frequently and yet (apart from the Meaning Of Life) I don't think they really question existence.
It might just be a common trend that the great absurd writers were existentialists.
I've seen snippets from 'The Lesson' and I wouldn't mind delving into that one a little more too.
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