Download or read book Ubu Roi written by Alfred Jarry and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2003-01-01 with total page 81 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 by Dadaists and Surrealists as the first absurdist drama, Ubu Roifeatures a main character that is cruel, gluttonous, and grotesque--the author's metaphor for modern man.