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Ubu Roi New Directions Paperbook Alfred Jarry L Lantier F A Cazals Pierre Bonnard Franciszka Themerson Barbara Wright Books

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Ubu Roi New Directions Paperbook Alfred Jarry L Lantier F A Cazals Pierre Bonnard Franciszka Themerson Barbara Wright Books

This is the most fun I've had reading this play. The handwritten text and line drawings capture the comic sensibility of this play with PERFECTION. This is however considered the actual acting edition so be ready to have to type it up yourself to make it legible for the players. It's a great translation (if a little but "British" in tone)...


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Ubu Roi New Directions Paperbook Alfred Jarry L Lantier F A Cazals Pierre Bonnard Franciszka Themerson Barbara Wright Books Reviews

1991 22nd printing includes; Ubu Roi, a Drama in 5 acts; The Song of Disembraining by Alfred Jarry; 2 essays on the theatre by Jarry - "Questions of the Theatre" and "Of the Futility of the "Theatrical" In the Theatre";2 portraits of author by L. Lantier and F. A. Cazals;several drawings by Jarry and Pierre Bonnard;204 drawings by Franciszka Themerson doodled on lithographic plates. Fascinating book!
Hugely, magnificently funny. I saw a live production of this play on an education channel some years ago. It is totally anarchic and joyful.
This New Directions Paperbook edition is illegible. Some sloppy freestyle handwriting had me using a magnifying glass and lantern just to make it out. Plus the sloppy freestyle drawings in the background don't help either.

The Ubu Roi is a quick fun read though.
"Ubu Roi" is surely Jarry's most widely known work, and it is an excellent and fun read indeed. However, this edition on New Directions is, unfortunately, badly done.

The translation here is by Barbara Wright, whose translations (of Jarry, Queneau, and others) I generally enjoy. I'm sure this one is equally good, but it is difficult to tell. The entire text of "Ubu Roi" is presented here in hand-written form (scribbled is more like it), with a pen the size of a sharpie. Add to that inane drawings (not Jarry's) around and behind the text on every page. Not only is this very distracting, but some words are not really legible. If you try hard enough you can read it, but it is a very tedious process and completely takes away the fun of reading "Ubu Roi".

With that said, there are a few additional texts in this volume that are printed normally, and which are worthwhile. First is Barbara Wright's useful introduction, and at the end are two essays on the theatre by Jarry, as well as his "Song of Disembraining". The two essays can be found in the Methuen edition, but the "Song..." I have not seen in any other easily available Jarry volume.

I'd highly recommend that any interested reader avoid this edition and pay a few more dollars for the Methuen edition. The translation there (by Connolly and Taylor) is excellent, includes the two subsequent Ubu plays, and features a lengthy introduction and larger selection of Jarry's essays on the theatre.
I got this for the Prague Quadrintennial and I cant even read the thing. While it looks cool it’s also so distracting with images behind the text and the writing is so scribbled it’s hardly legible. Don’t waste your money.
This is the most fun I've had reading this play. The handwritten text and line drawings capture the comic sensibility of this play with PERFECTION. This is however considered the actual acting edition so be ready to have to type it up yourself to make it legible for the players. It's a great translation (if a little but "British" in tone)...