by Alfred Jarry · LGF/Le Livre de Poche · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9782253149057
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«Ubu Roi» is the play by Alfred Jarry, published by Le Livre de Poche in paperback (96 pages, in French).
Father Ubu, an ambitious officer at the court of King Wenceslaus of Poland, is pushed by his wife, Mother Ubu, to conspire to seize the throne. The ensuing farce satirises stupidity and the abuse of power. Written by a teenage Jarry, its 1896 premiere caused a scandal and it is considered a precursor of the theatre of the absurd.
First instalment of Alfred Jarry's «Ubu» series. This edition includes the introduction and notes by Marie-France Azéma.
Regular reading in literature and theatre studies, for those who want to approach the French classic in its original language.
Alfred Jarry was a French symbolist writer who is best known for his play Ubu Roi (1896), often cited as a forerunner of the Dada, Surrealist, and Futurist movements of the 1920s and 1930s and later the theatre of the absurd in the 1950s and 1960s. He also coined the term and philosophical concept of 'pataphysics.
