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1	Ubu Plays more books like this by Alfred Jarry add to wishlist 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 and roared: "Merde!" at the audience, and theatre would never be the same again. Ubu became a force to be reckoned with in literature, art ... see all copies from $2.40! new only from $10.16! \| first editions \| SVS
2	Exploits and Opinions of Dr. Faustroll, Pataphysician more books like this by Alfred Jarry, Simon Watson Taylor (Translator), Roger Shattuck (Introduction by) add to wishlist Alfred Jarry's most important, and most influential, novel. see all copies from $14.65! new only from $14.65!
3	Ubu Roi; drama in 5 acts more books like this by Alfred Jarry add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.50! \| first editions \| SVS
4	Ubu more books like this by Alfred Jarry add to wishlist Provoking riots at its opening in 1896, Ubu is acclaimed as the touchstone for the Dada and Surrealist movements, the Theatre of the Absurd, and much of the rest of experimental theatre in the 20th century. see all copies from $2.25! new only from $4.98! \| SVS
5	Ubu Roi more books like this by Alfred Jarry, Beverly Keith (Translator), G Legman (Translator) add to wishlist A stunning, controversial work that immediately outraged audiences with its scatological references during the 1896 premiere, the farce satirizes the tendency of the successful bourgeois to abuse his authority and become irresponsibly complacent. Championed as the first absurdist drama, "Ubu Roi "features a main character that is cruel, gluttonous ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions
6	The Supermale by Alfred Jarry, Ralph Gladstone (Translator), Barbara Wright (Translator) add to wishlist By Alfred Jarry. Translated by Ralph Gladstone and Barbara Wright. Introduction by Barbara Wright. see all copies from $6.69! new only from $11.86! \| first editions \| SVS
7	The Ubu Plays: Includes: Ubu Rex; Ubu Cuckolded; Ubu Enchained more books like this by Alfred Jarry, Simon W Taylor (Translator), Cyrill Connolly (Translator) add to wishlist Alfred Jarry is regarded as one of the founders of modern avant-garde theatre-- "Dada, Surrealism, Pataphysics, Theatre of Cruelty, the Absurd--all owe a debt to Jarry." (Encore) This volume contains his three classic Ubu texts: Ubu Roi, Ubu Cocu and Ubu Enchaine. Through the lucid translations of Connolly and Taylor, the reader comes to realize ... see all copies from $2.38! new only from $3.59! \| SVS
8	Tout Ubu by Alfred Jarry add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $11.50!
9	Chinoiserie: Chinese Influence on European Decorative Art, 17th and 18th Centuries more books like this by Alfred Jarry, Madeleine Jarry add to wishlist see all copies from $400.00! first editions
10	The Garden of Priapus more books like this by Alfred Jarry add to wishlist Alfred Jarry (1873-1907) is admired today as the creator of a new tradition of humor. The Garden of Priapus is undoubtedly the best novel of Jarry's mature period. It is historical romance in episodic form, a series of tableaux of Rome in her decadence. see all copies from $22.46! new only from $26.12! \| first editions \| SVS
11	Gestes Et Opinions Du Docteur Faustroll, Pataphysicien. L'Amour Absolu more books like this by Alfred Jarry add to wishlist see all copies from $20.56! new only from $45.10!
12	Three Early Novels (Selected Works Vol. II): 0 by Alfred Jarry add to wishlist see all copies from $21.22! new only from $21.22!
13	The Supermale =: Le Surmale more books like this by Barbara Wright (Translator), Ralph Gladstone (Translator), Alfred Jarry add to wishlist see all copies from $17.63! first editions
14	Three Pre-Surrealist Plays more books like this by Maurice Maeterlinck, Alfred Jarry, Guillaume Apollinaire add to wishlist This work contains three landmark plays from the French theatre, embodying the transition from the old to the modern in dramatic experimentation. Precursors of surrealism, they are innovative, outrageous and highly enjoyable. They are: Maurice Maeterlinck's, "The Blind" (1890); Alfred Jarry's, "Ubu the King" (1896); and Apollinaire's, "The ... see all copies from $12.06!
15	Poèmes antiques et modernes ; Les destinées by Alfred de Vigny, André Jarry add to wishlist see all copies from $11.65!
16	Selected Works of Alfred Jarry: Ubu Cuckolded, Exploits and Opinions of Doctor Faustroll, ...... more books like this by Alfred Jarry, Simon W Taylor (Editor), Roger Shattuck (Editor) add to wishlist see all copies from $34.95! first editions
17	Los Dias y Las Noches by Alfred Jarry add to wishlist see all copies from $15.57! new only from $15.58!
18	Days and Nights by Alfred Jarry, Alexis Lykiard (Translator) add to wishlist see all copies from $77.00!
19 view cover	Caesar Antichrist more books like this by Alfred Jarry, Antony Melville (Translator), Anthony Melville (Translator) add to wishlist see all copies from $75.00! first editions
20	The Supermale: Le Surmale more books like this by Alfred Jarry, Ralph Gladstone (Translator), Barbara Wright (Translator) add to wishlist see all copies from $40.00! first editions
21	El Supermacho more books like this by Alfred Jarry add to wishlist see all copies from $25.00!
22 view cover	Adventures in 'Pataphysics more books like this by Alfred Jarry, Professor Paul Edwards (Translator), Antony Melville (Translator) add to wishlist In the unusual work of Alfred Jarry (1873-1907), the aesthetic of the 19th-century Symbolist art movement merges with the radical Dadaist, Futurist, and Surrealist movements that were growing in popularity just as his life was coming to an end. This volume, the first of a three-part series, collects the earliest multifold writings of this ... see all copies from $20.36! new only from $20.36!
23	Messalina : a novel of imperial Rome by Alfred Jarry add to wishlist see all copies from $32.76!
24	Love Making Visits by Alfred Jarry add to wishlist see all copies from $75.00! first editions
25	Le Surmle by Alfred Jarry add to wishlist see all copies from $33.63! new only from $33.63!

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