Beckett's "Endgame" - Theatrical Passage

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3 pages in length. The passage of Samuel Beckett's Endgame that begins "nothing is funnier than unhappiness" (Beckett 18) illustrates the highly amusing component of tragic comedy that was introduced by the French. Beckett - one of the most significant contributors what has come to be known as the 'theater of the absurd' - understood the value of laughter amidst sadness, an integral element in his work that allowed audiences to see just how peculiar people can be. No additional sources cited.