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
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