The Dumb Waiter by: Harold Pinter Theatre of the absurd– sprang up around the 40’s right after the war. The proponents of the Theatre of the absurd were trying to tell their audience about man significance, knowledge, behavior are equally fictitious and illogical. They said life is meaningless. These plays are Chaotic. They are semi-comic. There is irrational language. Existentialism – existentialist said that man is accountable for his behavior. - Play No exit by Albert Camus - Absurdist Myth of sysiphus – this is what it is about in this world – pointless – people are living their lives of the Jewish fate living their lives the way they want to Man exists without any meaning Your existence as an individual and what you do is up to you. You have control of your personal life. Absurdismis a philosophical stance embracing a wide range of relativist perspectives, which implies that the efforts of humanity to find or absolutely define,