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Martin Esslin

(1918–2002) Journalist United Kingdom

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Martin Esslin was a journalist from the United Kingdom, best known for The theatre of the absurd.

Quick Facts About Martin Esslin

Born: June 6, 1918
Died: February 24, 2002
Nationality: United Kingdom
Profession: Journalist
Notable works: The theatre of the absurd

About Martin Esslin

Martin Julius Esslin OBE was a Hungarian-born British producer, dramatist, journalist, adaptor and translator, critic, academic scholar and professor of drama, known for coining the term "theatre of the absurd" in his 1961 book The Theatre of the Absurd. This work has been called "the most influential theatrical text of the 1960s".

Biography source: Wikipedia

Awards & Honors

Grimme-Preis Officer of the Order of the British Empire Berufstitel Professor

Quotes by Martin Esslin

The Theatre of the Absurd ... can be seen as the reflection of what seems to be the attitude most genuinely representative…

Absurd

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There is a lot of dignity in having the ability to confront the inconsequence of reality.

Ability

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The Theatre of the Absurd is a theatrical embodiment and manifestation of existentialism. It is part reality and part nightmare

Absurd

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The dignity of man lies in his ability to face reality in all its meaninglessness.

Ability

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Today, when death and old age are increasingly concealed behind euphemisms and comforting baby talk, and life is threatened with being smothered…

Ability

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The Theatre of the Absurd has renounced arguing about the absurdity of the human condition; it merely presents it in being -…

Absurd

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It has been rightly said that what a critic wants to understand he must, at one time, have deeply loved, even if…

Critics

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