The Theatre of the Absurd ... can be seen as the reflection of what seems to be the attitude most genuinely representative of our own time.  The hal…

- Martin Esslin

The dignity of man lies in his ability to face reality in all its meaninglessness.

- Martin Esslin

Today, when death and old age are increasingly concealed behind euphemisms and comforting baby talk, and life is threatened with being smothered in t…

- Martin Esslin

The Theatre of the Absurd is a theatrical embodiment and manifestation of existentialism. It is part reality and part nightmare

- Martin Esslin

There is a lot of dignity in having the ability to confront the inconsequence of reality.

- Martin Esslin

It has been rightly said that what a critic wants to understand he must, at one time, have deeply loved, even if only for a fleeting moment.

- Martin Esslin

The Theatre of the Absurd has renounced arguing about the absurdity of the human condition; it merely presents it in being - that is, in terms of con…

- Martin Esslin