Ubu Roi BY Alfred Jarry, Dover Thrift Editions NEW

Story Title: Ubu Roi

Date of Publication: 2003 (Dover Thrift Edition)

Edition: Unabridged Dover Thrift Edition

Publisher: Dover Publications

Country of Origin: United States

Language: English (translation by Beverly Keith and G. Legman)

Cover Price: $3.50 (USA)

ISBN: 9780486426877

Cover Artists: Alfred Jarry (original woodcut illustration)

Writers: Alfred Jarry

Characters: Père Ubu (King Ubu), Mère Ubu, Captain Bordure, and others

Key Facts: Alfred Jarry’s groundbreaking 1896 absurdist drama that shocked Paris audiences with its vulgarity, scatological humour, and satirical attack on authority. Widely regarded as a precursor to Dada, Surrealism, and the Theatre of the Absurd. This is the complete unabridged English translation.

Page Count: 78 pages