| The Ubu Plays: Includes: Ubu Rex; Ubu Cuckolded; Ubu Enchained Contributor(s): Jarry, Alfred (Author), Connelly, Cyril (Translator), Taylor, Simon Watson (Translator) |
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ISBN: 0802150101 ISBN-13: 9780802150103 Publisher: Grove Press OUR PRICE: $14.36 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 1994 Annotation: 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 Enchaine. 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." |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Drama |
| Dewey: 842.8 |
| LCCN: 69019439 |
| Physical Information: 0.42" H x 5.32" W x 8.17" (0.41 lbs) 160 pages |
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| Publisher Description: 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 Encha n . 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." |