Ubu Trump: A Drama in Five Acts
A Drama in Five Acts
$31.06
- Paperback
130 pages
- Release Date
1 September 2017
Summary
The original late 19th century rebarbative, madcap, knock-about, prematurely-Dadaist and anarchic play of sheer genius (and idiocy) by Alfred Jarry has now been fully and carefully re-imagined and translated from its original language (French) into the English of the Sad 21st Century - the English, alas, of Donald Trump. For in this satiric palimpsest, Pere Ubu is now Ubu Trump - a rich man who wants to be King of America, and, aided and abetted by his family and henchmen, rises to the top…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781911335931 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1911335936 |
| Author: | Rosanna Hildyard |
| Publisher: | Eyewear Publishing |
| Imprint: | Eyewear Publishing |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 130 |
| Release Date: | 1 September 2017 |
| Weight: | 147g |
| Dimensions: | 196mm x 130mm x 10mm |
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About The Author
Rosanna Hildyard
Rosanna Hildyard is an editor and writer. Her fiction and non-fiction has appeared in The Isis Magazine, The Northern Echo, and several anthologies including Tactical Reading, Adrift and Outside Of Me.
Alfred Jarry (1873-1907) was a playwright. His best-known play, Ubu Roi, heralded the arrival of Surrealism and the Theatre of the Absurd when it appeared in 1888, later inspiring Picasso, Burroughs and Beckett.
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