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Quotes from Introduction to Absurd Drama — Martin Esslin

1918–2002 England

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The "Theatre of the Absurd" has become a catch-phrase, much used and much abused.

Introduction to Absurd Drama (1965)

The Theatre of the Absurd attacks the comfortable certainties of religious or political orthodoxy.

Introduction to Absurd Drama (1965)

The shedding of easy solutions, of comforting illusions, may be painful, but it leaves behind it a sense of freedom and relief. And that is why, in the last resort, the Theatre of the Absurd does not provoke tears of despair but the laughter of liberation.

Introduction to Absurd Drama (1965)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Martin Esslin (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.