Costuming An Absurd Play: Case Study Of Samuel Beckett’s Waiting For Godot

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1  Background to the Study This work attempts to throw more light on costuming an absurd play using Samuel Beckett’s Waiting for Godot as a case study and would also research on the concept of absurdism and proponents of the ideology in attempt to throw more light on its application to budding playwrights and actors of absurd drama. 1.2  Statement of the Problem Most directors do not regard costume as an essential item in a play production; especially in an absurd play. Sometimes costume performs an interpretive role which is not often addressed by practitioners in t…