Martin Esslin

Martin Esslin was recorded at birth as Pereszlényi Gyula. The authorities additionally record the heading Martin Julius Esslin. His recorded languages were German, English and Hungarian. His recorded confession was Judaism.

Martin Esslin worked in Hungarian literature.

He was employed by British Broadcasting Corporation and Florida State University. He worked at Vienna and Greater London.

36 works under this name are catalogued by Open Library and Wellcome Collection. Their recorded dates run from 1961 to 1988.

Brecht. Théâtre de l'absurde. Burehito. Four Plays. Das Theater des Absurden. Samuel Beckett, dated 1965. The field of drama, dated 1987. The Field of Drama (Plays & Playwrights), dated 1988. Mediations, dated 1980. Artaud, dated 1976. Harold Pinter, dated 1967. Antonin Artaud (Modern Masters), dated 1976. The Encyclopedia of world theater. Antonin Artaud, dated 1977. The peopled wound: the work of Harold Pinter, dated 1970. Brief chronicles, dated 1970. The new theatre of Europe, 4. The peopled wound, dated 1970. Brecht: the man and his work, dated 1961. Jenseits des Absurden, dated 1972. The theatre of the absurd, dated 1961. Huang dan pai xi ju. Pinter, the playwright, dated 1982. The Theatre of the Absurd (Peregrine Books), dated 1987. Absurd drama. Twentieth Century Interpretations of Samuel Beckett, dated 1965. The age of television, dated 1981. Pinter, dated 1973. O teatro do absurdo. Reflections, dated 1969. An anatomy of drama, dated 1976. Bertolt Brecht, dated 1969. Illustrated encyclopaedia of world theatre, dated 1977. Illustrated Encyclopedia of World Theatre, dated 1981. Artaud / Martin Esslin., dated 1976, held by Wellcome Collection. Büchner and Wozzeck / Martin Esslin., dated 1973, held by Wellcome Collection.

Work associated with this heading is recorded in 1 named public collection.

Wellcome Collection: 2 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue.

13 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.

Esslin, Martin Julius (1918–2002), broadcaster and drama critic, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, 2006. Harold Pinter by Martin Esslin (review), Modern Drama, 1968. The Peopled Wound: The Work of Harold Pinter by Martin Esslin (review), Modern Drama, 1971. Brecht: The Man and His Work by Martin Esslin (review), Modern Drama, 1960. The Theatre of the Absurd by Martin Esslin (review), Modern Drama, 1962. QUE TRAGÉDIA É ESSA? CONTEXTUALIZANDO TRAGÉDIAS GREGAS NO ENSINO DE TEATRO NA EJA, Revista da Fundarte, 2020. <b>O humano desumanizado num mundo sem sentido: Samuel Beckett e o herói absurdo</b> - doi: 10.4025/actascilangcult.v33i1.6485, Acta Scientiarum: Language and Culture, 2011. Absurdist Drama and Its Academical Reception in Russian and Western Literary Criticism, Вестник Кемеровского государственного университета, 2022. Samuel Beckett and Television, ABEI Journal, 2006. Fin de partida de Samuel Beckett: La soberanía del lenguaje y el juego metateatral, Revista Chilena de Literatura, 2014. HAROLD PINTER’S AESTHETICS IN THE MAKING: FROM HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPTS TO DRAFTS MOONLIGHT AND ASHES TO ASHES, Ankara Üniversitesi Dil ve Tarih-Coğrafya Fakültesi Dergisi, 2023. Old times, Ilha do Desterro, 1982. DUNIA ABSURD DAN PERLAWANAN KELAS PADA DRAMA DAG-DIG-DUG KARYA PUTU WIJAYA, Lingua Didaktika: Jurnal Bahasa dan Pembelajaran Bahasa, 2010.

16 digitised items associated with this heading are catalogued by Internet Archive, DataCite (Essence & Critique: Journal of Literature and Drama Studies), DataCite (Zenodo), DataCite (The University of British Columbia), DataCite (University of British Columbia) and DataCite (Πάντειο Πανεπιστήμιο Κοινωνικών και Πολιτικών Επιστημών).

brecht the man and his work (1961) — Internet Archive. Samuel Beckett: A Collection of Critical Essays (1965) — Internet Archive. the new theatre of europe 4 (1970) — Internet Archive. Reflections Essays on Modern Theatre (1969) — Internet Archive. 8brecht a choice of evils (1959) — Internet Archive. Brecht : The man and his work (1961) — Internet Archive. The Peopled Wound: The Work Of Harold Pinter (1970) — Internet Archive. An Anatomy of Drama (1976) — Internet Archive. the theatre of the absurd (1961) — Internet Archive. brecht: the man and his work (1971) — Internet Archive. Nietzschean Nihilism and Alternative Modernities in Select 'Absurd' Plays of Samuel Beckett and Harold Pinter (2021) — DataCite (Essence & Critique: Journal of Literature and Drama Studies). Ep. 1024: Digital Godot: Navigating the Modern Theatre of the Absurd (2026) — DataCite (Zenodo). Martin Esslin (2003) — DataCite (The University of British Columbia). Le théâtre de l’absurde québécois (2009) — DataCite (University of British Columbia). Το περιοδικό "Επιθεώρηση Τέχνης" και το "πρωτοποριακό" θέατρο :θεωρήσεις και αναθεωρήσεις (2019) — DataCite (Πάντειο Πανεπιστήμιο Κοινωνικών και Πολιτικών Επιστημών). Shaping Reinterpreting Shakespeare's Tragedies in the Light of Harold Pinter (2025) — DataCite (Zenodo).

Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 16 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)) and 22 deposited research records (DataCite Commons). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.

This article draws on 6 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 6 means 6 genuinely separate publishers of record. 17 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.

Martin Esslin studied at University of Vienna. the recorded working language is German, English and Hungarian.

The field of work recorded is Hungarian literature.

Places of work recorded in the authority are Vienna and Greater London. Employment is recorded with British Broadcasting Corporation and Florida State University.

Distinctions recorded are Officer of the Order of the British Empire, Berufstitel Professor and Grimme-Preis.