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Theatre of the Absurd
(The¦atre of the Ab¦surd)
noun
(
the Theatre of the Absurd
)
drama using the abandonment of conventional dramatic form to portray the futility of human struggle in a senseless world. Major exponents include Samuel Beckett, Eugène Ionesco, and Harold Pinter.
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