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Ubu Roi

Ubu Roi is a parody of Shakespeare's s play such as Macbeth, Hamlet and King Lear. And Ubu Roi is the first premiered show on 10th December 1896 in Paris at Théâtre de l'Œuvre , also the translation of Ubu Roi means 'Ubu, The King'. This play was written by Alfred Jarry. However the play is considered as a wild and comic play.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-akzBQz6Cxk&feature=youtu.be - This performance is from 1965, which I found very interesting and different because of the black and white version, so there was much with colour as coloured cameras and TV wasn't involved much but the performance was very hilarious and creative as liked the set of the performance e.g. the sizes shown levels on the performance and I also liked the costume which was really good and creative and it seemed very effective.

Ubu Roi, 1965

https://youtu.be/LVOIBmOnc-g - This performance was very colourful and such comic play. The exaggeration with the characters and also the costume too was well perfected too which matched the criteria. Also I loved how the production used the toys as props as well to portray the characters which makes the play more effective and hilarious.

BBC TV Open University, 1976.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQCzNAXcn4c&feature=youtu.be - Personally, I thought the performance was very dull in my opinion besides Pa Ubu's costume was over the top and stood out which I want also portray as well. The makeup also played a big part in the production and portrayed the characters in details. However, there was cons such as the other characters costumes as they were labelled that was terrible in my point of view also I believe that the production could have used more their ideas and invest on costume.
The Gungahlin College production of Alfred Jarry's 'Ubu Roi'. September 14, 2017
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