Program for King Ubu (Ubu Roi)
1896
Lithograph on tan paper, folded sheet
A program for the play 'Ubu Roi' features a stylized dragon, a large figure holding a bag of money, and two figures seated near a fire. Text lists characters and production details. A program for the play 'Ubu Roi' features a stylized dragon, a large figure holding a bag of money, and two figures seated near a fire. Text lists characters and production details. The French author Alfred Jarry is best known for his play Ubu Roi (King Ubu). Jarry's five-act play premiered on December 10, 1896, at the Théâtre de L'Oeuvre in Paris. The play was a scatological farce that caricatured royalty and the abuse of power with the main character Ubu symbolizing injustice and greed. The jarring iconoclastic humor of the program for Ubu Roi prefigures surrealism and retains its edge to the present day. The image is a visual tou
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