What to Read After The theatre of the absurd
Readers who loved The theatre of the absurd by Martin Esslin keep reaching for these 24 books. This list is built from where The theatre of the absurd is read alongside other books across reader co-reads and book lists. The more independent sources agree on a title, the higher it ranks.
Books to read after The theatre of the absurd
The birthday party
The Theater and its Double
Brecht on theatre
Rhinoceros and Other Plays
Happy days
An Actor Prepares
Towards a poor theatre
Theatre of the Oppressed
Krapp's last tape
The birthday party, and The room
Performance Theory (Routledgeclassics)
Fin de partie
A director prepares
The Blacks
En attendant Godot
Plays, one
Freshwater
Endgame and Act Without Words
Postdramatic theatre
Shakespeare's bawdy
Die Dreigroschenoper:= The Threepenny Opera
True West
The Zoo Story
Four Major Plays