Esslin, Martin

Examines the works of influential playwrights, including Samuel Beckett, Arthur Adamov, Jean Genet, and Harold Pinter, whose work highlighted their characters' inability to understand one another and dramatized the absurdity of the human condition.

2,000 alphabetically arranged, crossreferenced entries provide concise information on all aspects of world theater in the past and present.

Contemporary critical opinion and commentary on Samuel Beckett and his works.