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Existentialism And Theatre
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Existentialism is a concept that became popular during the
second World War in France, and just after it. French playrights have
often used the stage to express their views, and these views came to
surface even during a Nazi occupation. Bernard Shaw got his play
"Saint Joan" past the German cen ....
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....day life, and he saw
Sisyphus an "absurd" hero, with a pointless existence. Camus felt that
it was necessary to wonder what the meaning of life was, and that the
human being longed for some sense of clarity in the world, since "if
the world were clear, art would not exist". "The Myth of Sisyphus"
became a prototype for existentialism in the theatre, and eventually
The Theatre of the Absurd.
Right after the Second World War, Paris became the theatre
capital of the w.... |
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