Specific Features of the Theatre of Absurd and its Exposition in Sam Shepard’s Plays

The Theatre of the Absurd began as a protest against man’s existence and developed into a significant style and form of theatre. As a new form of drama, the Theater of the Absurd originated from France after The Second World War. Its name was coined by Martin Esslin in his book The Theatre of the Absurd, which was published in 1961. Several of the founding works of the movement include Jean Genet's The Maids, Eugene Ionesco's “The Bald Soprano”, Arthur Adamov's “PingPong”, and Samuel Beckett's “Waiting for Godot”.