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A re-issue of three plays that ushered in the great age of absurdist theatre There was a riot at the first performance of Ubu Roi on 10 December 1896, when Firmin Gemier, playing Ubu, strode to the footlights and roared: "Merde!" at the audience, and theatre would never be the same again. Ubu became a force to be reckoned with in literature, art and politics. Jarry wrote more exploits for him and took to acting the role of Ubu himself in his own brief, strange life. This volume contains lively modern translations by Cyril Connolly and Simon Watson Taylor of Ubu Roi, Ubu Cocu and Ubu Enchaine as well as Jarry's writings on theatre."The Ubu explosion sent shrapnel flying into the next century. Dada, Surrealism, Pataphysics, Theatre of Cruelty, the Absurd - all owe a debt to Jarry." (Charles Marowitz, Encore)

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Book category Books in English Literature & literary studies Plays, playscripts

• Full title: Ubu Plays
• Author: Alfred Jarry
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 176
• EAN: 9780413679901
• ISBN: 041367990X
• ID: 01253530
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
• Weight: 168 g
• Dimensions: 198 × 131 × 11 mm
• Date of publishing: 11. October 1993

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