One of my very favorite lectures is the one I deliver on the theatre of the absurd. This lecture helps them prepare to read The Dumb Waiter, The Sandbox and The Bald Soprano. The topic that I focus on is WAITING. The world of existential absurdity is built on the experience of doing nothing very slowly. Characters in all of the above play spend the majority of their days waiting. They are waiting for death, waiting for love and the ultimate waiting – the Waiting for Godot! Read more