One of the most extraordinary events of the late nineteenth century in Paris was the opening on December 11, 1896, at the Théâtre 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.
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: New Directions Publishing Corporation
Published: 01/17/1961
ISBN: 9780811200721
Pages: 186
Weight: 0.40lbs
Size: 7.22h x 5.06w x 0.45d