SOURCE: "Pirandello: Master of the Naked Masks," in Reflections: Essays on Modern Theater, Doubleday & Co., Inc., 1969, pp. 49-57.
Esslin, a prominent and sometimes controversial critic of contemporary theater, is perhaps best known for coining the term "theater of the absurd. " His The Theater of the Absurd (1961) is a major study of the avant-garde drama of the 1950s and early 1960s, including the works of Samuel Beckett, Eugene Ionesco, and Jean Genet. In the following essay, he provides an overview of Pirandello's work, stressing his influence on modern theater.
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