
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 Roi features a main character that is cruel, gluttonous, and grotesque--the author's metaphor for modern man.
阿尔弗雷德·雅里(1873-1907),现在被认为现代先锋戏剧的创始人,并对后来的法国超现实主义运动产生了开创性的影响。