3. The Theatre of the absurd R A term applied to a group a dramatists who were active in the 1950's. In the plays the dramatists express that life has no pattern of meaning or ultimate e significance and that no activity is more or less valuable than another Samuel Beckett: Waiting for Godot (1952) 2021/2/232021/2/23 7 3. The Theatre of the Absurd: A term applied to a group a dramatists who were active in the 1950’s. In the plays the dramatists express that life has no pattern of meaning or ultimate significance and that no activity is more or less valuable than another. Samuel Beckett: Waiting for Godot (1952)