The Ubu Plays
Download or Read eBook The Ubu Plays PDF written by Alfred Jarry and published by Grove/Atlantic, Inc.. This book was released on 2007-12-01 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
| Author | : Alfred Jarry |
| Publisher | : Grove/Atlantic, Inc. |
| Total Pages | : 168 |
| Release | : 2007-12-01 |
| ISBN-10 | : 0802199054 |
| ISBN-13 | : 9780802199058 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (54 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis The Ubu Plays by : Alfred Jarry
Book excerpt: Alfred Jarry is regarded as one of the founders of modern avant-garde theatre— “Dada, Surrealism, Pataphysics, Theatre of Cruelty, the Absurd—all 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.”
