Saint peter and saint nicholas. By my hussar and my caisson, i have come to collect the taxes. [music] which one of you is the oldest . I am. Whats your name . Stanislas leczinkski. Well then, horn strumper, listen carefully or these gentlemen will extrude your neroe. Hey, listen will you . But your excellency hasnt said anything yet. Ive been standing here for an hour. Do you think i came here just to amuse myself with the echo of my own voice . No thought could be further from my mind, sire. Well, then, i have come to tell you, order you, and inform you that you are to produce and display your ready cash immediately, or youll all be massacred. Come on in. Phynancial gentlemen. Santa claus, wheel in the phynancial wheelbarrow. Mercy, lord ubu, have pity on us. Were poor simple people. I couldnt care less. Pay up. But we cant. Weve already paid. Fork out, or ill give you the works, good and proper, torture, twisting of the neck and decapcapcapcap capitation. Horn strumper, am i or am i
Is a grotesque monster who mishandles everything he touches and everyone he knows. Where traditional drama seriously deals with plots against a ruler or the downfall of a kingdom, ubu goes to work with water pistol and kazoo. Where traditional drama shows the whispered conspiracy of a queen inciting her husband to greater power, ubu roi shows a blowsylooking, overstuffed woman hurling obscenities as undignified as any uttered by her husband. And where traditional drama carefully builds a plot from opening scene to final resolution, ubu roi jumps around in time and space, deliberately episodic, showing that plays should be constructed to match a world that doesnt make sense. At first glance, you may be amused by this comedy and yet startled to find that it has a place in the history of the theater. The date of its composition, 1896, helps to explain why ubu roi is important. It was new, different and shocking. As you watch it, keep that date in mind 1896, when ubu roi was first performe
Which one of you is the oldest . I am. Whats your name . Stanislas leczinkski. Well then, horn strumper, listen carefully or these gentlemen will extrude your neroe. Hey, listen will you . But your excellency hasnt said anything yet. Ive been standing here for an hour. Do you think i came here just to amuse myself with the echo of my own voice . No thought could be further from my mind, sire. Well, then, i have come to tell you, order you, and inform you that you are to produce and display your ready cash immediately, or youll all be massacred. Come on in. Phynancial gentlemen. Santa claus, wheel in the phynancial wheelbarrow. Mercy, lord ubu, have pity on us. Were poor simple people. I couldnt care less. Pay up. But we cant. Weve already paid. Fork out, or ill give you the works, good and proper, torture, twisting of the neck and decapcapcapcap capitation. Horn strumper, am i or am i not your king . Oh, in that case, to arms, fellows. Long live boggerlas, by the grace of god, king of
Ubu goes to work with water pistol and kazoo. Where traditional drama shows the whispered conspiracy of a queen inciting her husband to greater power, ubu roi shows a blowsylooking, overstuffed woman hurling obscenities as undignified as any uttered by her husband. And where traditional drama carefully builds a plot from opening scene to final resolution, ubu roi jumps around in time and space, deliberately episodic, showing that plays should be constructed to match a world that doesnt make sense. At first glance, you may be amused by this comedy and yet startled to find that it has a place in the history of the theater. The date of its composition, 1896, helps to explain why ubu roi is important. It was new, different and shocking. As you watch it, keep that date in mind 1896, when ubu roi was first performed in a theater which rocked with audience protest. In the years which followed, this play, written by a young frenchman, has been credited with having been a major influence on the
Is a grotesque monster who mishandles everything he touches and everyone he knows. Where traditional drama seriously deals with plots against a ruler or the downfall of a kingdom, ubu goes to work with water pistol and kazoo. Where traditional drama shows the whispered conspiracy of a queen inciting her husband to greater power, ubu roi shows a blowsylooking, overstuffed woman hurling obscenities as undignified as any uttered by her husband. And where traditional drama carefully builds a plot from opening scene to final resolution, ubu roi jumps around in time and space, deliberately episodic, showing that plays should be constructed to match a world that doesnt make sense. At first glance, you may be amused by this comedy and yet startled to find that it has a place in the history of the theater. The date of its composition, 1896, helps to explain why ubu roi is important. It was new, different and shocking. As you watch it, keep that date in mind 1896, when ubu roi was first performe