create a 15 slide presentation that provides the context of 'Absurd Theatre' including what preceded it, what it was in reaction to socially/politically, the key conventions of the style, and finishing with a background on Harold Pinter including how he fits into the Absurdist theatre genre, and his play 'The Dumb Waiter'
create a 15 slide presentation that provides the context of 'Absurd Theatre' including what preceded it, what it was in reaction to socially/politically, the key conventions of the style, and finishing with a background on Harold Pinter including how he fits into the Absurdist theatre genre, and his play 'The Dumb Waiter'
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An introductory coursework presentation on Absurd Theatre, defining its origins through Martin Esslin and tracing its development from nineteenth-century realism, naturalism and symbolism. It examines how modernism, expressionism and Dada challenged conventional meaning, before considering the impact of two world wars, the Holocaust, Cold War anxiety, nuclear threat and dehumanising bureaucracy on post-war drama.