Theatre of the Absurd: Origins and context

Which Avant-garde theatre argues that all life is meaningless and has characters that act at random with no theatrical rules?

• Melodrama

• Choreopoem

• Romanticism

• Absurdism

Absurdism is:

• a man's futile search for meaning in a meaningless universe.

• a man's search for a really good hotdog

• A man's search for Sisyphus

  
  

• a man's search for the gods

What did Theatre of the Absurd respond to?

• to the destruction and anxieties of the 20th century

• the search for the Holy Grail

• competing theatrical modes

• Reality itself

What time period corresponds to the Theatre of the Absurd?

• 19th century
• 21st century
• 1914-1940
• post WWII

Possibly the most important thought in the Theatre of the Absurd is

• the absence of money
• the absence of time
• the absence of God
• the absence of meaning in life

What is NOT a convention of Theatre of the Absurd?

• Out of Sync with the Real World

• Repetition

• Maintaining the Fourth Wall

• Comical Nature

Absurdism states that we exist, the world exists and we are godly beings.

• True

• False

The term "Theatre of the Absurd" was coined by

• Martina Esslin
• Martin Esslin
• Richard Esslin
• Samuel Beckett

Absurdism can be defined as a drama of

• Enormity
• Boredom
• Absurdity
• Futility

A silence is Theatre of the Absurd often allows the audience to...

• Ponder the Purpose

• Ponder the Meaning

• Ponder the Food

• Ponder the Action