Ubu Roi
[ April 17, 2011; 2:00 pm to 4:30 pm. ] Premiering in 1896, Ubu Roi is considered a precursor to the Theater of the Absurd as well as the surrealist art movement of the early 20th century. The character Ubu is Jarry’s metaphor for the modern man; he is an antihero — fat, ugly, vulgar, gluttonous, grandiose, dishonest, stupid, voracious, cruel, […]