Three Pre-surrealist PlaysMaya Slater The landmark plays from the French theatre included in this edition embody the transition from the old to the modern in dramatic experimentation: precursors of surrealism, they are innovative, outrageous and highly enjoyable. Consisting of Maeterlinck's The Blind, Jarry's Ubu the King, and Apollinaire's The Mammaries of Tiresias, this edition provides new translations sensitive to crucial linguistic features such as rhyme and pun and contains the only editions of Maeterlinck and Apollinaire's plays in print. These three plays written between 1890 and 1917 surprised and shocked their first audiences and still continue to do so today. |
Contents
Acknowledgements | vii |
Note on the Translation | xliii |
A Chronology of Maurice Maeterlinck | li |
Copyright | |
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Alfred Jarry Apollinaire audience baby BOLESLAS BORN BLIND brains BUGGERLAS candle CAPTAIN BRUBBISH characters COTTISE crrrap dead leaves dear drama finances flowers FORTUNE-TELLER forward French friends gentlemen give GYRON hands hear hearoles horse hospice Hurrah HUSBAND JAN SOBIESKY Jarry's JOURNALIST kill King Wenceslas KIOSK LACOUF LADISLAS listen live Père Ubu Long live Père look Lord Ubu Madam Mammaries of Tiresias Maurice Maeterlinck megaphone Mère UBU Père modern Monsieur never noble OLDEST BLIND WOMAN Ouch Paris Père UBU Oh Phynances PILE Pillodins play playwright Poland POLICEMAN PRESTO priest QUEEN Rensky round Russians scared SCENE SECOND MAN BORN SIXTH BLIND soldier sound stage STANISLAS LECZINSKY surrealism tell theatre THERESE THIRD MAN BORN Tiresias trapdoor Tsar UBU Hey UBU Père UBU Ubu roi Ubu the King UBU Yes Ubu's voice wick wife women Writes YOUNG BLIND GIRL YOUNG BUGGERLAS Zanzibar