{"product_id":"ubu-roi-drama-in-5-acts-9780811200721","title":"Ubu Roi: Drama in 5 Acts","description":"\u003cp\u003eOne of the most extraordinary events of the late nineteenth century in Paris was the opening on December 11, 1896, at the Théâtre de l'Oeuvre, of Alfred Jarry's play \u003cem\u003eUbu Roi\u003c\/em\u003e. The audience was scandalized by this revolutionary satire, developed from a schoolboy farce, which began with a four-letter word, defied all the traditions of the stage, and ridiculed the established values of bourgeois society.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBarbara Wright's witty translation of this riotous work is accompanied with drawings by Franciszka Themerson. Two previously untranslated essays in which Jarry explains his theories of the drama have also been included.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eJarry, Alfred:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eAlfred Jarry\u003c\/strong\u003e (1873-1907) was a French writer of plays, novels, and poetry. His most well-known work, the play \u003cem\u003eUbu Roi\u003c\/em\u003e (1896), was first performed in 1896 at the Theatre de l'Oeuvre. Jarry died at the early age of 34 in 1907.\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWright, Barbara:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cb\u003eBarbara Wright\u003c\/b\u003e has translated several Raymond Queneau novels; indeed, as John Updike wrote in \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, she has waltzed around the floor with the Master so many times by now that she follows his quirky French as if the steps were in English. She has also translated works by Alain Robbe-Grillet, Robert Pinget, Nathalie Sarraute, and Marguerite Duras. She lives in London.","brand":"New Directions Publishing Corporation","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50461262577938,"sku":"9780811200721","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_3186f584-2f59-4619-97f4-160b8c1dee71.jpg?v=1730061664","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/ubu-roi-drama-in-5-acts-9780811200721","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}