Film UbuWebAlfred Jarry (1873-1907)
Arena: Ubu (1979) Geoff Dunbar
Films directed by Jean-Christophe Averty
Ubu Roi (1965)
Ubu enchaîné (1965) La chanson du décervelage [Alfred Jarry] (1971) Alfred Jarr-y-mages (documentary on Jarry, French language, 1971)Alfred Jarry (8 September 1873 – 1 November 1907) was a French writer born in Laval, Mayenne, France, not far from the border of Brittany; he was of Breton descent on his mother's side. Best known for his play Ubu Roi (1896), which is often cited as a forerunner to the surrealist theatre of the 1920s and 1930s, Jarry wrote in a variety of genres and styles. He wrote plays, novels, poetry, essays and speculative journalism. His texts present some pioneering work in the field of absurdist literature. Sometimes grotesque or misunderstood (e.g. the opening line in his play Ubu Roi, "Merdre!", has been translated into English as "Pshit!", "Shitteth!", "Shittr!", "Shikt!", "Shrit!", "Pschitt!", and "Shitsky!"), he invented a pseudoscience called 'Pataphysics. -- Wikipedia
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