He drove the country into ruin. He stole the throne, and went to war, and killed ten thousand folks or more." Hmmm . . . sound familiar? Meet Father Ubu -- the personification of the seven deadly sins ...
A portrait of the French playwright and legendary bohemian Alfred Jarry, with his long dark hair and manicured goatee that evokes The Three Musketeers, appears alongside family photos in Linda Klieger ...
Alfred Jarry’s 1896 absurd and grotesque “Ubu Roi” should be the perfect play for our current political moment. After all, it involves an impulsive vulgarian who, while utterly unacquainted with ...
Who needs a transition team and Cabinet announcements? When political power changes hands in the world of “King Ubu,” Pointless Theatre’s smart, playful new offering, the switch-over principally ...
When Dominic Hill's arresting staging of Alfred Jarry's scatological classic reaches London at the end of November, it will be the final installment of the Young Genius season, a joint Barbican/Young ...