Alfred Jarry's King Ubu (Ubu Roi) is an absurd farce that riffs on several of Shakespeare’s plays and warns of the dangers of tyranny. It is the first in Jarry's cycle of Ubu plays, all featuring the grotesquely comical character of Pa Ubu.
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January 25 at 8pm: $10 Ticket NightSpread the word! All tickets for this preview performance are just $10. January 26 at 4pm: Russian Talk and Tea with Director Yury Urnov. Join Director Yury Urnov in Cutting Ball's office for tea and a discussion of how he brought Ubu Roi to life.
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Ponder Goddard (Mere Ubu) is a bay area native and thrilled to return to San Francisco and the Cutting Ball for Ubu Roi. After completing a BFA in acting at NYU (Experimental Theater Wing), she continued her studies with a Masters in classical acting from Drama Centre, London.
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Ubu (David Sinaiko, r) steps in with his henchman Captain Bordure (l, Nathaniel Justiniano) before the assassination of King Wenceslas (c, William Boynton) in The Cutting Ball Theater's production of Ubu Roi.
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Alfred Jarry’s Slave Ubu (Ubu Enchaîné, ‘Ubu in chains’) is the third in his influential cycle of plays about Pa Ubu, the grotesquely comical character first encountered in King Ubu (Ubu Roi) and then in Cuckold Ubu (Ubu Cocu). Written in 1899, the play was first published in 1900.
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Ubu Roi (Ubu the King or King Ubu) is a play by Alfred Jarry. It was first performed in Paris at the Théâtre de l'Œuvre, causing a riotous response in the audience as it opened and closed on December 10, 1896.
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Alfred Jarry’s Cuckold Ubu (Ubu Cocu) is the second in his cycle of Ubu plays about Pa Ubu, the grotesquely comical character first encountered in King Ubu (Ubu Roi).
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Ubu Roi runs two hours with one ten minute intermission. Yury Urnov (Director) was born in Moscow, Russia, and graduated from the Russian Academy of Theater Art (GITIS) in 2000. He has directed over 40 productions in his home country, Europe, and Africa.
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When Alfred Jarry’s Ubu Roi premiered in Paris on December 10, 1896, the audience broke into a riot at the utterance of its first word.
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He is believed to have begun its composition in 1897, a year after the premiere of King Ubu, and it was performed in various versions during his lifetime. It is written in the same style as King Ubu, with a characteristic combination of surrealism, ribaldry and biting satire.
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when was king ubu performed
King Ubu performed On December 10,1896.