2. MODERN MODERN DRAMA (Survey)

3. SYNONYMS : Theatre of Cruelty Theatre of the Absurd Anti-theatre Theatre of Silence

4. Initiated by : John Osborne : "Look Back in Anger" (1956) Samuel Beckett : "Waiting for Godot" (1956)

5. NEW CONTENTS : No middle class environment anymore, but working class background violence, which has some strange fascination fears of different kinds ruthlessness inability to communicate >> lack of communication loneliness ▼ craving for love / friendship / close relationships sex (often not heterosexual)

6. AIMS : Demonstration of the chaos and incoherence of ordinary speech Revelation of fundamental problems in society ▼ social criticism

7. STYLE STYLE : satire sick humour

8. FURTHER REPRESENTATIVES FURTHER REPRESENTATIVES : * Alan Ayckbourn * Harold Pinter * James Saunders * Tom Stoppard

9. Possibilities of representing characters by.... the description of the character in the stage directionsthe description of the character in the stage directions what he says and how he behaveswhat he says and how he behaves what other characters say about him/herwhat other characters say about him/her