Ubu Roi: Drama in 5 Acts

One of the most extraordinary events of the late nineteenth century in Paris was the opening on December 11, 1896, at the Th蛯tre de l'Oeuvre, of Alfred Jarry's play Ubu Roi. The audience was scandalized by this revolutionary satire, developed from a schoolboy farce, which began with a four-letter word, defied all the traditions of the stage, and ridiculed the established values of bourgeois society.

Barbara Wright's witty translation of this riotous work is accompanied with drawings by Franciszka Themerson. Two previously untranslated essays in which Jarry explains his theories of the drama have also been included.

Author: Alfred Jarry
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: New Directions Publishing Corporation
Published: 01/17/1961
Series: New Directions Paperbook
Pages: 186
Weight: 0.4lbs
Size: 7.22h x 5.06w x 0.45d
ISBN: 9780811200721
Revised Edition