critical review on the absurd theater

A critical review on The absurdity of the Absurd by Esslin
The article defines the theater of the absurd by comparing it to two other approaches which are the existentialist theater and the French movement 'poetic avant-garde'. It also point at the elements that build up the theater and distinguish it from others.
It starts by mentioning the event in san Quentin where the play was preformed and the audience were the prisoners. The writers were worried that the audience will not comprehend the theme or the idea of the play therefore Blau wanted to prepare them by giving a small introduction about the play. To the writers' shock the audience understood and actually enjoyed. They were asked about what they understood and one answered "Godot is society" another one said "Godot is the outside" they all knew what waiting meant since they all experience it. Not only that but they actually started using the name Godot inside the prison and other phrases from the play! They reason why they understood the play could also be that they entered the play without expectations so they didn't have to act intellectual and to pretend to like something they didn’t even understand! The writer then points at the mistake the critics do when they judge the theater of the absurd based on the standards of the conventional theater ,it's not good if it's judged that way since it breaks all the rules of the conventional theater such as the well made plot or the characterization it has none of these. However, it's a whole new convention and it's good in its own way. The writer of these plays weren’t self-conscious at that time and they didn't know they belonged to certain movement. Each one of them felt like an outsider but they end up having so much in common. It's because their works reflect the preoccupations and anxieties of their contemporaries in the western world. It's an assumption that their age presents a homogeneous pattern. Their works can be seen as " a reflection of