Caesar Antichrist
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| - | '''''Caesar Antichrist''''' ({{lang-fr|'''César-Antéchrist'''}}) is an 1895 play by the French writer [[Alfred Jarry]]. The third act is an early version of Jarry's next play, ''[[Ubu Roi]]''; the latter play's main character, Père Ubu, appears here as the [[Antichrist]].<ref>{{Cite book||last=Fuchs|first=Elinor|year=2007|editor1-last=Cody|editor1-first=Gabrielle|editor2-last=Sprinchorn|editor2-first=Evert|url=http://books.google.se/books?id=qYfH1tOwsHcC&pg=PA53|chapter=Apocalypse in modern drama|title=The Columbia encyclopedia of modern drama, Volym 1|publisher=[[Columbia University Press]]|page=53|isbn=978-0-231-14032-4}}</ref> The play begins with a startling sequence of images of garbled Christianity from which Pere Ubu emerges as the new Messiah. | + | '''''Caesar Antichrist''''' ('''César-Antéchrist''') is an 1895 play by the French writer [[Alfred Jarry]]. The third act is an early version of Jarry's next play, ''[[Ubu Roi]]''; the latter play's main character, Père Ubu, appears here as the [[Antichrist]]. The play begins with a startling sequence of images of garbled Christianity from which Pere Ubu emerges as the new Messiah. |
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Caesar Antichrist (César-Antéchrist) is an 1895 play by the French writer Alfred Jarry. The third act is an early version of Jarry's next play, Ubu Roi; the latter play's main character, Père Ubu, appears here as the Antichrist. The play begins with a startling sequence of images of garbled Christianity from which Pere Ubu emerges as the new Messiah.
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