Alfred Jarry

Ubu Roi, Nouveau-Théâtre (now Théâtre de Paris), Paris, France, 10th December 1896. The production had only one performance.

César-Antéchrist (1895), Ubu Cocu(1897), Ubu Enchaíné (1899) and Ubu Sur La Butte (1906) along with Ubu Roi are Jarry’s only published plays, all following the same character of Père Ubu. He also wrote novels, poems and arbsurdist essays, and coined the term ‘pataphysics’ as a parody of science.

Pablo Picasso was said to be a fan of Jarry and even acquired his revolver after his death, as well as buying some of Jarry’s manuscripts. Picasso also drew Jarry.