The Theatre of the Absurd, or slapstick comedy, a popular dramatic genre with an interesting history! This covers the origins of Absurdism, some important names and a bit of background info.

Theatre of the Absurd The Theatre of the Absurd was created in the 20th century, as the worlds most popular, though only metaphorically realistic, comedy style. The style that absurd comedy takes is usually based on an existentialist view of the world, and in the very early days of absurd comedy many existentialist philosophers, such as Svren Kierkegaard, utilised its growing popularity to get their (often anti-religion and considerably highly offensive) messages out to the …

…Underneath all of this, though, is an often desperate attempt to make public a philosophy or idea about a vitally important issue. Though this is an extremely important thing to achieve for many authors of absurd comedy, there isn't always much to the entertainment value of a piece, beyond any obvious slapstick or an unusually dressed or speaking character. Of course, with something so potentially absurd, the limitations for a plot sequence is utterly endless.