Samuel Beckett and the Theater of the Absurd

The Theater of the Absurd happens to refer to group of plays written during the 1950’s to my surprise wasn’t an actually play itself. But what is interesting about this group of plays is that they generally give the idea that human existence has no meaning (ain’t that enough to brighten your day), to add on to that, these plays are usually in an illogical, nonsensical pattern of dialogue that eventually concludes with silence (definitely something I’d pay to see, no seriously I probably would) On top of that from what I’ve learned these plays seem somewhat enjoyable, full of cliches, pointless plots, dark humor, cyclical patterns and just oodles of fun. But something cool about this is Samuel Beckett’s involvement in it all. (For now you only need to know he writes plays) He is considered one of the last modernists and is one of the key writers involved with the Theater of the Absurd. Seems rather fitting considering alot of his work matches this style with his dark humor (oh so dark it is) probably the result of his time in World War II (I think there’s a patter with dark humor and WW2) But overall definitely something you should spend your time researching over a snow day.