This document consists of Absurd theatre notes, as well as 20th-century 'isms' as well as the set work that I studied this year which was 'Waiting for Godot' by Samuel Beckett
, Samuel Beckett
-
->Eugene Lonesco
And
~
theatre,thecatbox
"wombto-> theatre in which conventions
orthodox
plot,
of characterisation
and thematic structure are
ignored, in order to
convey the fictive nature reality
of and isolation
of
humanity
in a
meaningless world.
#: refer to the
-political
context mythology of
Sisyphus!
condemned
↳ to repeat
WWI, Depression, WW2
Great
like the same
events
->
task of
pushing
+
technologys urbanisation caused
desperation and anxiety,a rock
up
a mountain.
->
People feltabandoned GOD.
by
"God dead"
->
Multiple philosophers said that is
good as
I wanted to make sense
the
of world thatwas full
horror
of +
brutality.
feltthat couldn'thelp
->
They technology as
raised doubts about
this
technology our
(Atomic Bomb)
rationality
In
influences
①
mbolism, ② Expressionism
-
③ Iturism
"anything thatis placed ->
constant thinking
on stage has a
meaning
"
-> rejects the idea of the future tech +
of
an absolute
->
subjective reality truth
metaphors:) subjective
-> lots of ->
provocative
setting
->
allows
For
reflection
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