et al in turn influenced a later generation of playwrights such as Tom Stoppard, who wrote plays such as 'Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead'. In this "play-within-a-play", Stoppard looks at two minor characters in Shakespeare's 'Hamlet' as they try to make sense of their situation, and as they reflect on the randomness of life and fate. Later plays such as 'Jumpers' continue to explore themes such as the limits of language and moral relativism in a meaningless world. While most playwrights in the absurdist tradition are European, the American Edward Albee is frequently named alongside Pinter, Beckett and others. His plays including 'The Zoo Story' and 'Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf' explore themes of isolation, power and relationships in settings that are less stylised than Beckett's and Pinter's, but which are recognisably absurd." />

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