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Ubu roi

Alfred Jarry · 1896

Original text in French. In English: Ubu Roi.

A captain kills his king at his wife's urging, then rules through massacre and taxation.

Theatre · 6 parts · about 13 000 words · about 56 min of reading

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Contents

  1. Ouverture1 min
  2. Acte Premier9 min
  3. Acte Deuxième8 min
  4. Acte Troisième13 min
  5. Acte Quatrième14 min
  6. Acte Cinqième12 min

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Alfred Jarry († 1907): public-domain work. The text is that of the Project Gutenberg e-book (no. 16884). Erostrate has not changed a single word: only the layout and the division into pages are ours.

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