Ubu Roi

✍ Scribed by Jarry, Alfred;Keith, Beverly;Legman, Gershon

• Publisher: Dover Publications
• Year: 2012
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 275 KB
• Series: Dover thrift editions
• Category: Fiction
• City: Mineola, N.Y.
• ISBN: 1306335868

✦ Synopsis

A stunning, controversial work that immediately outraged audiences with its scatological references during the 1896 premiere, the farce satirizes the tendency of the successful bourgeois to abuse his authority and become irresponsibly complacent. Championed as the first absurdist drama, Ubu Roi features a main character that is cruel, gluttonous, and grotesque.;Title Page; DOVER THRIFT EDITIONS; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; NOTE; PREFACE; COMPOSITION OF THE ORCHESTRA; CHARACTERS; Dedication; ACT I; SCENE I; SCENE II -- A room in the house of Papa Turd. A sumptuous table is set.; SCENE III -- PAPA TURD, MAMA TURD, CAPTAIN BORDURE and his MEN; SCENE IV -- PAPA TURD, MAMA TURD, CAPTAIN BORDURE; SCENE V -- PAPA TURD, MAMA TURD, A MESSENGER; SCENE VI -- A hall in the palace at Warsaw.; SCENE VII -- Turd's house.; ACT II; SCENE I -- The King's palace.; SCENE II -- The parade-ground.; SCENE III -- THE QUEEN, BUGGERLAUS.

✦ Subjects

Jarry, Alfred, -- 1873-1907