Martin Esslin (Author of The Theatre of the Absurd)

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Martin Esslin

Born

in Hungary

June 06, 1918

Died

February 24, 2002

Genre

Nonfiction, Theatre and Drama

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Martin Julius Esslin OBE (6 June 1918 â€“ 24 February 2002) was a Hungarian-born English producer and playwright dramatist, journalist, adaptor and translator, critic, academic scholar and professor of drama best known for coining the term "Theatre of the Absurd" in his work of that name (1961).

Born Julius PereszlÃ©nyi (Hungarian: PereszlÃ©nyi Gyula MÃ¡rton) in Budapest, Esslin moved to Vienna with his family at a young age. He studied Philosophy and English at the University of Vienna and also graduated from the Reinhardt Seminar as a producer. Of Jewish descent, he fled Austria in the wake of the Anschluss of 1938.

Esslin defined the 'Theatre of the Absurd' as that which

"The Theatre of the Absurd strives to express its sense of the senselessn

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	The Theatre of the Absurd 4.17 avg rating — 991 ratings — published 1961 — 62 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	An Anatomy of Drama 3.70 avg rating — 94 ratings — published 1976 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Antonin Artaud: The Man and His Work 4.09 avg rating — 65 ratings — published 1976 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Field of Drama 3.49 avg rating — 53 ratings — published 1987 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	BRECHT:A CHOICE OF EVILS 4.38 avg rating — 21 ratings — published 1959 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Twentieth Century Interpretations of Samuel Beckett: A Collection of Critical Essays 3.52 avg rating — 21 ratings — published 1965 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Brecht; the man and his work (The Norton library, N754) 3.87 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 1959 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Pinter the Playwright 3.79 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 1973 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ø¨Ø±ØªÙˆÙ„Øª Ø¨Ø±Ø´Øª (Ù†Ø³Ù„ Ù‚Ù„Ù… 51) by Martin Esslin, ØØ³Ù† Ù…Ù„Ú©ÛŒ (Translator) 2.92 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 1995	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Peopled Wound 4.17 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 1970 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“The dignity of man lies in his ability to face reality in all its meaninglessness.â€ .”
― Martin Esslin

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“The Theatre of the Absurd is a theatrical embodiment and manifestation of existentialism”
― Martin Esslin

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“...if love...is a function of man's sadness, friendship is a function of his cowardice; and if neither can be realised because of the impenetrability (isolation) of all that is not 'cosa mentale,' at least the failure to possess may have the nobility of that which is tragic, whereas the attempt to communicate where no communication is possible is merely a simian vulgarity, or horribly comic, like the madness that holds a conversation with the furniture. - For an artist therefore, the only possible spiritual development is in the sense of depth. The artistic tendency is not expansive, but a contraction. And art is the apotheosis of solitude. There is no communication because there are no vehicles of communication.”
― Martin Esslin, The Theater of the Absurd

tags: art, isolation

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