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The initial reviews of absurdist theatre varied widely. Some people found it subversive and interesting compared to normal theatre, while others found it too strange and often boring. In one review of Waiting for Godot it was considered “acutely boring”, one critic complained that "nothing happens", while another called it “Witty". Many pages had to be cut due it's scandalous themes and language, objecting to the use of words such "piss" and "arse", with one early reader disliking the religous themes, even considering them sacrilegious.

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Plays significant in this genre include the 1957 play by jean Ganet, The Balcony, an exploration of power within society, and The Bald Soprano, written by Eugene Ionesco in 1950, featuring the nonsensical discussions of two couples.

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Why is Godot considered theatre of the absurd?

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Why is Godot considered theatre of the absurd?

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Theatre of the absurd is a genre of theatre that originated around France in the 1950s (Welcome to Godot was written and translated from French). The main conventions of theatre of the absurd include scenes that are illogical and often meaningless, characters that seem to be disconnected from time and reality, lack of conflict and language being repetitive and unreliable. Welcome to Godot conforms to many of these conventions, having no real plot, characters who are given no backstory and frequently contradicting itself, and is therefore considered an example of theatre of the absurd.

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http://histropedia.com/timeline/wdkrtpg9bg0t/Theatre-of-the-Absurd

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The 1960’s was the first time that European countries could have ‘absurdists’ write and stage plays. ‘Absurdist’; one who believes in absurdism; a type of philosophy based on the belief that the universe is irrational and that the individual search for order will bring conflict into the universe. The only two countries that were ‘liberal’ enough to do so, was Poland and Czechoslovakia.

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Existentialism is a form of philosophy, it explores the nature of human beings; around free will, and the acting, feeling and living human individual, not just around the experience of being human. The father of Existentialism is considered to be Søren Kierkegaard.

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The theatre of the absurd is dramatic works of certain American and European dramatists, in the early 1950’s and 60’s who agreed with the philosopher Albert Camus, in his essay “The Myth of Sisyphus” and his vision of existentialism.