Gale Researcher Guide for: Tragicomedies: William Shakespeare, Samuel Beckett, Harold Pinter is selected from Gale's academic platform Gale Researcher. These st

Fifty years after the publication of Martin Esslin's The Theatre of the Absurd , which suggests that 'absurd' plays purport the meaninglessness of life, this bo

The author's contention is that Chekhov's plays have often been misinterpreted by scholars and directors, particularly through their failure to adequately balan

Presents the numerous themes that weave their way through modern drama and highlights the variety of thought that exists in response to them.