Alfred Jarry (September 8, 1873 - November 1, 1907) was a French writer born in Laval, Mayenne, France, not far from the border of Brittany; he was of Breton descent on his mother's side. Best known for his play "Ubu Roi" (1896), which is often cited as a forerunner to the theatre of the absurd, Jarry wrote in a variety of genres and styles. He wrote plays, novels, poetry, essays and speculative journalism. Wikipedia
'Merdre' - Pere Ubu, Ubu Roi And so Pere Ubu issued the very word that the finally threw the audience at the Theatre de l'Oeuvre into a frothing frenzy, during the 1896 staging of Alfred Jarry's (1873-1907) infamous Ubu Roi. The Parisians didn't take wel www.blather.net/shitegeist/2001/05/alfred_jarry_absinthe_...
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These zealots devoted their time to perpetuating (and often distorting) Jarry's philosophical pranks. www.ubishops.ca/BaudrillardStudies/vol4_1/nechvatal.htm
