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Corporal, in Ubu Enchained Father Ubu, in Ubu Rex (1896)Gestes et Opinions du Docteur Faustroll Pataphysicien (1911)L'Ymagier (Paris, 1894)"Theater Questions" La Revue Blanche (Paris, January 1897)

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We shall not have succeeded in demolishing everything unless we demolish the ruins as well. But the only way I can see of doing that is to use them to put up a lot of fine, well-designed buildings.

Alfred Jarry

Alfred Jarry (1873–1907), French playwright, author. Ubu Enchained, epigraph (1900).

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