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Alfred Jarry (French: [al.fʁɛd ʒa.ʁi]; 8 September 1873 – 1 November 1907) was a French symbolist writer who is best known for his play Ubu Roi (1896), often cited as a forerunner of the Dada, Surrealist, and Futurist movements of the 1920s and 1930s and later the Theatre of the absurd In the 1950s and 1960s He also coined the term and philosophical concept of 'pataphysics.
Ubu Roi ( French: [yby ʁwa]; "Ubu the King" or "King Ubu") 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 (today, the Théâtre de Paris). The production's single public performance baffled and offended audiences with ...
- Alfred Jarry, Jean Saltas
- 1961
Alfred Jarry (born Sept. 8, 1873, Laval, France—died Nov. 1, 1907, Paris) was a French writer mainly known as the creator of the grotesque and wild satirical farce Ubu roi (1896; “King Ubu”), which was a forerunner of the Theatre of the Absurd.
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Jun 8, 2020 · A review of a retrospective exhibition of the French writer and inventor of pataphysics, a fictional science of absurdity and paradox. Learn about his influence on modern art, literature, and politics, and his obsession with monsters and marionettes.
Alfred Jarry (September 8, 1873 – November 1, 1907) was a French dramatist, novelist, and humorist . Best known for his play Ubu Roi (1896), which is often cited as a forerunner to the surrealist theater of the 1920s and 1930s, Jarry wrote in a variety of genres and styles. He wrote plays, novels, poetry, essays, and speculative journalism.
May 29, 2018 · Learn about Alfred Jarry, a French writer and theater innovator who created the character of Ubu Roi and influenced the theater of the absurd. Explore his life, works, and legacy in this comprehensive article.
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Ubu roi, play by Alfred Jarry, published and produced in 1896. The play was translated into English and published under a variety of titles. This grotesque farce about the monstrous Ubu, originally written as a parody of one of Jarry’s teachers, swiftly turned into a satire of the French middle class. The title character, Père Ubu, is a ...
