1950s, and 1960s.  It includes such writers as Jean Genet ( The Balcony, The Maids, The Blacks, ) Eugène Ionesco ( The Bald Soprano , Rhinoceros , The Lesson,) Samuel Beckett ( Waiting for Godot, Krapp’s Last Tape) Harold Pinter ( The Birthday Party, The Homecoming, The Room ,) Edward Albee