Applying Martin’s Esslin’s analysis of the Theatre of the Absurd (in your textbook) and drawing from class lecture and Google Scholar or JSTOR and Supplementary Notes, Write at least 15 sentences. Cite at least two of the sources indicated in addition to the play listed. Make sure that your answer addresses all parts of the question selected.

In what way is Six Characters in Search of an Author the play about the problem of illusion and reality? What is “real” in this play? In what sense does the play anticipate the Theatre of the Absurd? (Refer to the class lecture, Martin Esslin’s definition of the Theatre of the Absurd and Supplementary Notes on the play.) Cite specific aspects of the play that illustrate the concepts.