“In the Theatre of the Absurd, the plays do not only talk about the absurdity of life, they act it out on stage” In the Theatre of the Absurd both Beckett’s ‘Waiting for Godot’ and Pinter’s ‘Dumb Waiter’ play out the absurdity of life through random dialogue and repetitive actions. Both plays have lengthy stage direction in relation to precise movement. Samuel Beckett, a first wave writer, was influenced by; Sartre’s writings, WW2, art, film and theatre. This transcends onto stage through the message that the world is a meaningless random place where human beings must find reason for being. In ‘Waiting for Godot’, the characters Vladimir and Estragon engage in conversations and movements that complement and sometimes contradict to emphasise the absurdity of life. This distorted view of reality, that shows life as a mere waiting period, has painful and repetitive actions, songs, jokes and dances that at first seem ridiculous but not so when we observe others and ourselves doing the same.
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