Theatre History · Unit 5
Breaking the World Apart
From Alfred Jarry and August Strindberg to Symbolism, Expressionism and Surrealism — what happens when playwrights abandon realism and invite dreams, nightmares and the unconscious onto the stage.
Four ways in
I
The Graphic Novel
Experience the riots, dreams and screams as illustrated panels.
IIThe Encyclopedia
People, plays, movements and terms — the reference shelf.
IIIScholarly Journals
Critical essays and the key scholarship behind the period.
IVBack to Today
From Ubu to Twin Peaks: how the avant-garde shaped what we watch now.
“Merdre!”
The first word of Ubu Roi — Théâtre de l’Œuvre, Paris, 10 December 1896