The Trial of Ubu

by Simon Stephens

In The Trial of Ubu, Simon Stephens takes the grotesque and amoral megalomaniac dictator from Alfred Jarry's proto-surrealist 1896 play Ubu Roi and places him before a twenty-first century international tribunal. Set in January 2010, at the International Criminal Tribunal sitting in The Hague, it is day 436 of the trial of the dictator Ubu. Sitting before a UN constituted International Tribunal, he is charged with Crimes against Humanity and other...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1408172437
• ISBN13: 9781408172438
• Release Date: November 2012
• Publisher: Methuen Drama
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 0.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.0" x 7.6"