Caesar Antichrist (Collected Works of Alfred Jarry) [Paperback]

Alfred Jarry (Author), Antony Melville (Translator)

Book Description

Series: Collected Works of Alfred Jarry | Publication Date: February 1993

drama, tr Antony Melville

Product Details

• Paperback: 140 pages
• Publisher: Exact Change (February 1993)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0947757465
• ISBN-13: 978-0947757465
• Product Dimensions: 8.1 x 5.3 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,443,161 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars A Complicated Masterpiece, February 28, 2005

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This review is from: Caesar Antichrist (Collected Works of Alfred Jarry) (Paperback)

Most of you have probably never even heard of Alfred Jarry. I for one was a virgin upon seeing the production of this play at my school this past quarter at UCSC. Mind you, that this was the second only mainstream production ever (the other school being Yale)! The reasons for that being that it has been the subject of many theater majors' dissertations for why it is an unstagable play. And indeed it is; in talking with the director of the UCSC production - the one I attended - he and even the cast read the play an innumerable amount of times and still didn't know what was going on nor how to even begin working with the set or blocking. Seeing it as a final process looked like it was a complete pain in the ass to pull off. But it was done well. The story is three interpretations of Jesus' crucifixion, the uprising of the Roman Empire, the murdering of Caesar, the book of Revelations and the Progenitor of the church of the antichrist. Jarry has been known for being the father of the absurdist theater, but regardless of how absurd this play is, it's a flawless effort.