Ubu Roi, ou, les Polonais by Alfred Jarry
"Ubu Roi, ou, les Polonais" by Alfred Jarry is a play first performed in 1896. A wild and grotesque comedy, it follows the brutal Pa Ubu as his scheming wife convinces him to murder the King of Poland and seize power. Once crowned, Ubu terrorizes his subjects through greed and violence, sparking invasion and revolution. This shocking work scandalized audiences with its obscenity and childish chaos, yet revolutionized theater by shattering conventions
and paving the way for modernism, Dadaism, and the Theatre of the Absurd. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Jarry, Alfred, 1873-1907 |
|---|---|
| Title | Ubu Roi, ou, les Polonais |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ubu_Roi Wikipedia page about this book: fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ubu_roi |
| Credits |
Produced by Marc D'Hooghe. From images generously made available by Gallica (Bibliothèque Nationale de France) at gallica.bnf.fr. |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 87.8 (6th grade). Easy to read. |
| Language | French |
| LoC Class | PQ: Language and Literatures: Romance literatures: French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese |
| Subject | French drama -- 19th century |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 16884 |
| Release Date | Oct 16, 2005 |
| Most Recently Updated | Dec 12, 2020 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
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