Return of the King
Wolves in Sheep's Clothing.. [Marc Chagall] THE 'THEATRE OF THE ABSURD' is a 'Genre' that examines 'Nihilism' amongst other Topics from 'Philosophic' point of view. Most proponents of this 'Meaningless' Absurdism are dead French Criminal Homosexuals, although other Nationalities have Their 'Exemplars'. Albert CAMUS [The 'Stranger']Eugene IONESCO [Le Rhinocerus] Brendan BEHAN [the Quare Fellow] Jean GENET ,Jean Paul SARTRE etc etc The ridiculous, purposeless behaviour and talk give the plays a sometimes dazzling comic surface, but there is an underlying serious message of metaphysical distress. This reflects the influence of comic tradition drawn from such sources as commedia dell’arte , vaudeville , and music hall combined with such theatre arts as mime and acrobatics . At the same time, the impact of ideas as expressed by the Surrealist , Existenti...