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Director: Jean-Christophe Averty
source: UbuWeb
The plays of Alfred Jarry are considered by many to be the first
dramatic works of the theatre of the absurd. They are credited with a
great number of literary innovations and are seen as major influences of
the dada and symbolist movements in art. Ubu Roi (translated as King
Ubu and King Turd) is Jarry’s most famous work. Ubu Roi eliminates the
dramatic action from its Shakespearean antecedents and uses scatological
humor and farce to present Jarry’s views on art, literature, politics,
the ruling classes, and current events.
Max Ernst: Ubu Imperator, 1923
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