Alfred Jarry
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Considered by some to have contributed to the birth of modernism, "Ubu Roi" is a comical play that is at once a wild and bizarre work which overturned the cultural rules, norms, and conventions of its day. A precursor to the "Theatre of the Absurd", the play satirizes the complacency, greed, and abuse of power by the ruling class. Largely a parody of Shakespeare's "Macbeth" as wells as in part several other Shakespearian plays, "Ubu Roi" follows the...
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The NHB Drama Classics series presents the world's greatest plays in affordable, highly readable editions for students, actors and theatregoers. The hallmarks of the series are accessible introductions (focussing on the play's theatrical and historical background, together with an author biography, key dates and suggestions for further reading) and the complete text, uncluttered with footnotes. The translations, by leading experts in the field, are...
3) Ubu Roi
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A stunning, controversial work that immediately outraged audiences with its scatological references during the 1896 premiere, the farce satirizes the tendency of the successful bourgeois to abuse his authority and become irresponsibly complacent. Championed as the first absurdist drama, Ubu Roi features a main character that is cruel, gluttonous, and grotesque.
4) Ubu roi
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Extrait : "PERE UBU : Merdre ! MERE UBU : Oh ! voilà du joli, Père Ubu, vous estes un fort grand voyou. PERE UBU : Que ne vous assom-je, Mère Ubu ! MERE UBU : Ce n'est pas moi, Père Ubu, c'est un autre qu'il faudrait assassiner. PERE UBU : De par ma chandelle verte, je ne comprends pas."
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Extrait: " Il est très vraisemblable que beaucoup ne s'apercevront point que ce qui va suivre soit très beau (sans superlatif: départ); et à supposer qu'une ou deux choses les intéressent, il se peut aussi qu'ils ne croient point qu'elles leur aient été suggérées exprès."
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