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theater of the absurd
DEFINITIONS OF:
theater of the absurd
1
n
plays stressing the irrational or illogical aspects of life, usually to show that modern life is pointless
“Samuel Beckett and Eugene Ionesco have written plays for the
theater of the absurd
”
Type of:
drama
,
dramatic play
,
play
a dramatic work intended for performance by actors on a stage
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