Ubu Roi
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Ubu Roi is a play by French writer Alfred Jarry, then 23 years old. It was first performed in Paris in 1896, by Aurélien Lugné-Poe's Théâtre de l'Œuvre at the Nouveau-Théâtre. The production's single
Programme from the première
Alfred Jarry, Deux aspects de la marionnette originale d'Ubu Roi, premiered at the Théâtre de l'Œuvre on 10 December 1896
2012 production of Ubu Roi, produced by the National School of Drama (New Delhi) and directed by Deepan Sivaraman
Max Ernst, Ubu Imperator, 1923. (Musée National d'Art Moderne, Paris)
'Pataphysics
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'Pataphysics is a sardonic "philosophy of science" invented by French writer Alfred Jarry intended to be a parody of science. Difficult to be simply defined or pinned down, it has been described as th
Ubu Roi
…Ubu Cuckolded) and Ubu Enchaîné (Ubu in Chains), neither of which was performed during Jarry's 34-year life. One of his later works, a novel/essay on "pataphysics", is offered as an explanation behind the ideas that underpin Ubu Roi. Pataphysics is, as Jarry explains, "the science of the realm beyond metaphysics…
Alfred Jarry in Corbeil in 1898