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.
| ISBN: | 9780486426877 |
| Publication date: | 28th March 2003 |
| Author: | Alfred Jarry, Beverly Keith, G Legman |
| Publisher: | Search Press an imprint of Dover Publications Inc |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 73 pages |
| Series: | Dover Thrift Editions |
| Genres: |
Modern and Contemporary Fiction |