The term Theatre of the Grotesque refers to an anti-naturalistic school of Italian dramatists, writing in the 1910s and 1920s, who are often seen as precursors of the Theatre of the Absurd.
Friedrich Dürrenmatt is a major author of contemporary grotesque comedy plays.
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