At the Thรฉรขtre de Grasse, Alfred Jarry, Dan Jemmett, and Eric Cantona present the play “Ubu Enchained” on Friday, December 2nd at 8:30 PM and Saturday, December 3rd at 8:30 PM.
รric Cantona as Pรจre Ubu? Alfred Jarry would love it… Ubu Roi is without a doubt the most performed play by Alfred Jarry, and Pรจre Ubu is the epitome of the antihero. Both tragic and comedic, often perceived as the archetype of the effects of the intoxication of power on a man who is convinced of his innocence! Less known, Ubu Enchained is, according to its author, the counterpart to Ubu Roi, where having become a slave, Ubu still believes himself to be a despot… The British director Dan Jemmett is well acquainted with this grotesque king, a symbol of the tyranny of power, which was at the heart of his first staging in 1998. To embody this character, he has chosen รric Cantona, a figure also beyond norms and immersed in cinema since the end of his sports career. Pure Ubu.
