Reassessing the Theatre of the Absurd

1. Introduction: Reassessing the Theatre of the Absurd
Michael Y. Bennett

2. The Parable of Estragon’s Struggle with the Boot in Samuel Beckett’s Waiting for Godot

Michael Y. Bennett

3. The Pinteresque Oedipal Household: The Interrogation Scene(s) in The Birthday Party

Michael Y. Bennett

4. The Parable of the White Clown: The Use of Ritual in Jean Genet’s The Blacks: A Clown Show

Michael Y. Bennett

5. Berenger, The Sisyphean Hero
Michael Y. Bennett

6. Conclusion: Theorizing a “Female Absurd” in Beth Henley’s Crimes of the Heart as Means of Reassessing the Theatre of the Absurd
Michael Y. Bennett

Keywords: Cultural and Media Studies, Performing Arts, Literature, general, Theatre History, Arts, Theatre and Performance Studies