A re-issue of three plays that ushered in the great age of absurdist theatre There was a riot at the first performance of Ubu Roi on 10 December 1896 when Firmin Gemier playing Ubu strode to the footlights & roared: Merde!" at the audience & theatre would never be the same again. Ubu became a force to be reckoned with in literature art & politics. Jarry wrote more exploits for him & took to acting the role of Ubu himself in his own brief strange life. This volume contains lively modern translations by Cyril Connolly & Simon Watson Taylor of Ubu Roi Ubu Cocu & Ubu Enchaine as well as Jarrys writings on theatre." The Ubu explosion sent shrapnel flying into the next century. Dada Surrealism Pataphysics Theatre of Cruelty the Absurd
- all owe a debt to Jarry." (Charles Marowitz Encore)"