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His breakout moment came with his play Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, an absurdist comedy that spun off two characters from Shakespeare’s Hamlet.
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Victoria Edel, PEOPLE, 29 Nov. 2025
The play premiered at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival before moving to the National Theatre and Broadway, establishing Stoppard's signature blend of tragedy and absurdist humor.
—Adeola Adeosun, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Nov. 2025
This is the world of Lithuanian writer-director Karolis Kaupinis’ new film, the at times absurdist Hunger Strike Breakfast, which explores the human drivers of collective action.
—Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 17 Nov. 2025
Some of the emails read like absurdist tone poems.
—Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 14 Nov. 2025
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Victoria Edel, PEOPLE, 29 Nov. 2025
The play premiered at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival before moving to the National Theatre and Broadway, establishing Stoppard's signature blend of tragedy and absurdist humor.
—Adeola Adeosun, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Nov. 2025
This is the world of Lithuanian writer-director Karolis Kaupinis’ new film, the at times absurdist Hunger Strike Breakfast, which explores the human drivers of collective action.
—Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 17 Nov. 2025
Some of the emails read like absurdist tone poems.
—Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 14 Nov. 2025
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“Absurdist.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/absurdist. Accessed 5 Dec. 2025.
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