Tom Stoppard, Edward Albee, and Samuel Beckett wrote plays that are considered "Absurdist" productions. Which of the following best describes the Theater of the Absurd?

a. Its central theme was the meaningless of existence.
b. It explored inequality and the disenfranchisement of minority voices.
c. It explored the random quality of life, as it is occurring.
d. It drew attention to the daily struggle to exist amid social and political upheaval.


Answer: a

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