Today, when death and old age are increasingly concealed behind euphemisms and comforting baby talk, and life is threatened with being smothered in the mass consumption of hypnotic mechanized vulgarity, the need to confront man with the reality of his… — Martin Esslin Copy Share Image
The Theatre of the Absurd ... can be seen as the reflection of what seems to be the attitude most genuinely representative of our… — Martin Esslin Copy Share
There is a lot of dignity in having the ability to confront the inconsequence of reality. — Martin Esslin Copy Share
The Theatre of the Absurd is a theatrical embodiment and manifestation of existentialism. It is part reality and part nightmare — Martin Esslin Copy Share
The dignity of man lies in his ability to face reality in all its meaninglessness. — Martin Esslin Copy Share
Today, when death and old age are increasingly concealed behind euphemisms and comforting baby talk, and life is threatened with being smothered in the… — Martin Esslin Copy Share
The Theatre of the Absurd has renounced arguing about the absurdity of the human condition; it merely presents it in being - that is,… — Martin Esslin Copy Share
It has been rightly said that what a critic wants to understand he must, at one time, have deeply loved, even if only for… — Martin Esslin Copy Share
