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The Ubu Plays: Includes: Ubu Rex; Ubu Cuckolded; Ubu Enchained
by Alfred Jarry (Author), Cyril Connelly (Translator), Simon Watson Taylor (Translator) & 0 more★★★★★
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Alfred Jarry is regarded as one of the founders of modern avant-garde theatre Dada, Surrealism, Pataphysics, Theatre of Cruelty, the Absurdall owe a debt to Jarry.” (Encore) This volume contains his three classic Ubu texts: Ubu Roi, Ubu Cocu and Ubu Enchaîné. Through the lucid translations of Connolly and Taylor, the reader comes to realize that the violent and loathsome Ubu is Jarry’s dark metaphor for man in the modern age. As Ubu himself said, We shall not have succeeded in demolishing everything unless we demolish the ruins as well.” Read more
Product Information
| Publisher | Grove Press |
| Publication date | Jan. 28 1994 |
| Edition | Reissue |
| Language | English |
| Print length | 160 pages |
| ISBN-10 | 0802150101 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0802150103 |
| Item weight | 181 g |
| Dimensions | 13.51 x 1.07 x 20.75 cm |
| Best Sellers Rank | #971,364 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #1,310 in European Dramas & Plays #2,617 in Children's Books on Math #2,896 in Theatre (Books) |
| Customer Reviews | 4.0 4.0 out of 5 stars 38 ratings |