Presents a brief list of the principal attributes of this dramatic form, or idiom.

Features a definition from The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition.

Provides notes on Samuel Beckett's classic absurdist play. Includes links to a message board, an interpretive analysis, a play summary, and related literary references.

Find a photo of Romanian playwright Eugene Ionesco, scroll down to find the opening scene from his play "The Leader," or connect to quotes and a brief biography.

Tribute by Kevin Berger, including an entry from the Encyclopedia Britannica, relates the American playwright's work to existentialism and the theater of the absurd.

Add or respond to postings on the work of the Irish author of the novels "Molloy" and "How It Is" and the absurdist plays "Waiting for Godot" and "Endgame."

Discusses the influence of the work of proto-absurdist Alfred Jarry, in particular his play "Ubu Roi," on Dada and, later, the Surrealists.