About this title: 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 and politics. Jarry wrote more exploits for him and took to acting the role of Ubu himself in his own brief, strange life. This volume contains lively modern translations by Cyril Connolly and Simon Watson Taylor of Ubu Roi, Ubu Cocu and Ubu Enchaine ...
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Edition: Reprint. 2nd printing
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Grove Press, New York
Date Published: 1969
Description: Good. No dust jacket as issued. edge wear, clean text. 148 p. 20 cm. An Evergreen original, E-496.. Contents: Ubu Rex (Ubu Roi), translated by C. Connolly and S. W. Taylor. --Ubu cuckolded (Ubu cocu), translated by C. Connolly. --Ubu enchained (Ubu enchaîné), translated by S. W. Taylor. read more
Binding: paperback
Publisher: Methuen, London
Date Published: 1972
Description: Very Good. 12mo. 148pp. Jarry's classic Ubu trilogy of plays, Ubu Rex, Ubu Cuckolded, and Ubu Unchained, translated by Cyril Connolly and Simon Watson Taylor, edited with an introduction by Simon Watson Taylor; this copy has one bookshop stamp to fep, o.w. Very Good and clean throughout in lightly rubbed covers. read more
Binding: paperback
Publisher: Methuen, London
Date Published: 1978
Description: Very Good in sunned covers. 12mo. 148pp. Jarry's classic Ubu trilogy of plays, Ubu Rex, Ubu Cuckolded, and Ubu Unchained, translated by Cyril Connolly and Simon Watson Taylor, edited with an introduction by Simon Watson Taylor; this copy has one bookshop stamp to fep, o.w. Very Good and clean throughout in lightly rubbed covers. read more
Edition: NEW ED
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: A & C BLACK PUBLISHERS LTD Country = UNITED KINGDOM
Date Published: 1993
ISBN-13:9780413679901ISBN:041367990X
Description: BRAND NEW PAPERBACK. 176 pages. (176 pages) containing the texts of alfred jarry's three "ubu" plays, this book also has biographical notes, an introduction by simon watson taylor, and the text of jarry's "writings on the theatre". edition new ed (Paperback) read more
Edition: No Edition Stated.
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: an Inkling Publication, Royal College of Art, London
Description: John Short. Near Fine. 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall. Wrappers, as issued, black paper covers with silver lettering and illustration., tiny dot to fore-edge, only the slightest signs of handling, no writing or text markings, clean, tight binding.; shows no date or isbn, appears to be no earlier than the 1980s., 57pp., b/w illustrations throughout. english translations from the original french by watson-taylor and connolly.; scarce. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Methuen Drama
Date Published: 01/10/1993
ISBN-13:9780413679901ISBN:041367990X
Description: Used-Good. Book in good or better condition. Dispatched same day from warehouse. Please email with any questions for quick response. read more
Edition: 1st Edition
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Grove Press
Date Published: 1969
Description: Very Good in Unknown jacket. Very Good Very good plus. Unmarked. 3rd printing. ---InstaShip Books Normally Ships within 24 Hours, often, Same Day. read more
Edition: Thirteenth Printing. An Evergreen Book
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Grove Weidenfeld, New York
Date Published: 1969
Description: Softcover. Good condition. Contains the three cardinal Ubu texts: Ubu Rex, Ubu Cuckolded, and Ubu Enchained. When the first play was staged in Paris in 1896, this strange parody of Macbeth, set in an imaginary Poland, let loose upon the world Jarry's grotesque figure of Ubu, a personification of all that is base and stupid in mankind. Ubu Cuckolded is written in the same savage vein, and Ubu Enchained is an outrageous satire on the idea of freedom. These plays are a part of the history of the ... read more
Edition: Reprint
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Methuen Drama, London
Date Published: 1995
ISBN-13:9780413679901ISBN:041367990X
Description: Good+ 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall. PB, pictorial card covers, G+--, 132pp, translated by cyril Connolly and Simon Watson Taylor. Moderater rubbing to edges and corners of covers, inside has age tanning to page edges, extensive pink text highlighting to Introduction & 'Writings on the Theatre', square, clean & tight.. read more
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Edition: NEW ED
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Methuen Publishing Ltd, UK
ISBN-13:9780413679901ISBN:041367990X
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