Martin Esslin OBE (1918-2002) was a prolific dramatist, producer and translator, as well as being one of the most perceptive theatre critics of the 20th century.

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• AcknowledgementsForeword Forty Years OnIntroduction: The Absurdity of the Absurd1. Samuel Beckett: The Search for the Self2. Arthur Adamov: The Curable and the Incurable3. Eugene Ionesco: Theatre and Anti-Theatre4. Jean Genet: A Hall of Mirrors5. Harold Pinter: Certainties and Uncertainties6. Parallels and Proselytes7. The Tradition of the Absurd8. The Significance of the Absurd9. Beyond the AbsurdBibliography 1: The Dramatists of the AbsurdBibliography 2: Background and History of the Theatre of the AbsurdIndex

Martin Esslin OBE (1918-2002) was a prolific dramatist, producer and translator, as well as being one of the most perceptive theatre critics of the 20th century.

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• AcknowledgementsForeword Forty Years OnIntroduction: The Absurdity of the Absurd1. Samuel Beckett: The Search for the Self2. Arthur Adamov: The Curable and the Incurable3. Eugene Ionesco: Theatre and Anti-Theatre4. Jean Genet: A Hall of Mirrors5. Harold Pinter: Certainties and Uncertainties6. Parallels and Proselytes7. The Tradition of the Absurd8. The Significance of the Absurd9. Beyond the AbsurdBibliography 1: The Dramatists of the AbsurdBibliography 2: Background and History of the Theatre of the AbsurdIndex

Martin Esslin OBE (1918-2002) was a prolific dramatist, producer and translator, as well as being one of the most perceptive theatre critics of the 20th century.

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• AcknowledgementsForeword Forty Years OnIntroduction: The Absurdity of the Absurd1. Samuel Beckett: The Search for the Self2. Arthur Adamov: The Curable and the Incurable3. Eugene Ionesco: Theatre and Anti-Theatre4. Jean Genet: A Hall of Mirrors5. Harold Pinter: Certainties and Uncertainties6. Parallels and Proselytes7. The Tradition of the Absurd8. The Significance of the Absurd9. Beyond the AbsurdBibliography 1: The Dramatists of the AbsurdBibliography 2: Background and History of the Theatre of the AbsurdIndex