Ubu Roi: Drame En Cinq Actes En Prose, Restitute En Son Integrite Tel Qu'il A Ete Representee Par Les Marionnettes Du Theatre De L'oeuvre Le 10 Decembre 1896, Avec La Musique De Claude Terrasse (Dover Thrift Editions Ser.)
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- Synopsis
- When it first opened in Paris in late 1896, Ubu Roi immediately outraged audiences with its scatological references and surrealist style. Spectators rioted during the premiere (and final) performance and unrelenting controversy over the play's meaning followed. The quality and stunning impact of the work, however, was never questioned.Early drafts of the play were written by Jarry in his teens to ridicule one of his teachers. The farce was done in the form of stylized burlesque, satirizing the tendency of the successful bourgeois to abuse his authority and become irresponsibly complacent. Ubu -- the cruel, gluttonous, and grotesque main character (the author's metaphor for modern man) -- anticipated characteristics of the Dada movement. In the 1920s, Dadaists and Surrealists championed the play, recognizing Ubu Roi as the first absurdist drama.
- Copyright:
- 2003
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Publisher Quality
- Book Size:
- 80 Pages
- ISBN-13:
- 9780486112558
- Related ISBNs:
- 9780486426877
- Publisher:
- Dover Publications
- Date of Addition:
- 09/13/21
- Copyrighted By:
- Dover Publications, Inc.
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Literature and Fiction, Drama, Plays and Theater
- Grade Levels:
- Ninth grade
- Reading Age:
- 14 and up
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- Bookshare Staff
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- This is a copyrighted book.