Martin J. Esslin
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LOCATION: London NW8 ONA, England, United Kingdom
Emeritus Professor of Drama, Stanford University, California. Head of Radio Drama, British Broadcasting Corporation, London, 1963–77. Author of Brecht: The Man and His Work; The Theatre of the Absurd.
Primary Contributions (1)
Samuel Beckett was an Irish playwright, author, and critic who won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1969. He wrote in both French and English and is best known for his plays on existential themes, especially En attendant Godot (1952; Waiting for Godot). “You were born on an Easter Friday after…
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