Ubu cocu ou l'archéoptéryx (1981) Jean-Christophe Averty

After "Ubu roi" in 1965 and "Ubu enchaîné" in 1971, Jean Christophe Averty staged "Ubu cocu ou l'archeopteryx", a compilation of "Ubu cocu" and excerpts from small plays and sketches by Alfred Jarry as "Onésime ou les tribulations de Priou", "Bidasse et compagnie", "Les Antliaclastes", "Les Alcoolisés", "L'Antliade", "Guignol" and "L'Art et la science". The theme is one of Jarry's most famous: the shit pump has just been invented and the scavengers, working with buckets, are furious. One of them cuckolds Father Ubu...