The Ubu Plays by Alfred Jarry
A grotesque, satirical cycle of short plays that follows a vulgar, power-hungry paterfamilias who rises through murder and deceit to become a tyrant, ruling with petty cruelty, obscene humor, and boundless greed; through outré language, farce, and surreal episodes the work lampoons political ambition, bourgeois complacency, and the absurdity of authority, upending traditional drama with anarchic laughter and biting social parody.
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- Published
- 1896
- Nationality
- French
- Length
- Unknown
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- Unknown
- Original Language
- French
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- Alternate Titles
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- Ubu Cocu
- Ubu Enchained
- Ubu Enchaîné
- Ubu Roi
- Ubu the Cuckold
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