It's clear why Edward Albee's "The Sandbox" (1959), MarÃa Irene Fornés' "Drowning" (1986) and Adrienne Kennedy's "Funnyhouse of a Negro" (1964) are considered modern absurdist classics. They hew to the territory the truly greats like Samuel Beckett, Eugene Ionesco, the Dadas and Alfred Jarry explored, with Beckett the most influential, particularly in the first two plays, interpreting them with an American spin.…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 01:53PM on May 30, 2016