"The theater, bringing impersonal masks to life, is only for those who are virile enough to create new life: either as a conflict of passions subtler than those we already know, or as a complete new character."

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About Alfred Jarry

Alfred Jarry was a French symbolist writer and playwright best known for Ubu Roi, a major precursor to modern absurdist theatre. He also originated the concept of "pataphysics, influencing later avant-garde movements. He was born on September 8, 1873, and died on November 1, 1907.

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