Steve's Reviews > The Ubu Plays

Jarry was an inspired lunatic absinthe-head who devised the science of 'pataphyics, "the science of imaginary solutions, which symbolically attributes the properties of objects, described by their virtuality, to their lineaments." Yes, these plays began as juvenile, Rabelasian lampoons of one of Jarry's professors, but they transcend their humble beginnings to take on a sort of hilarious, universal nature that seems more prophetic with every passing year. Cheers to Jarry!