Cassandre is supposed to fight a duel with a sergeant, but he decides to pay Guignol to go in his place. The sergeant, meanwhile, has lost the card Cassandre gave him, so he cannot remember the location of the duel or the name of his opponent. Guignol then goes to see him and challenges him to a duel. During the confrontation, Guignol pretends to be killed. But when the sergeant returns to the room, Guignol jumps out and stabs him in the back. A fight breaks out, interrupted by two 'gendarmes' (policemen). Guignol then accuses the sergeant of trying to kill him and the latter is arrested.

Glove-puppet

Not specified

Josserand père Louis

France

Lyon

Manuscript

Duel

Neighbourhood

Money

Father-daughter relationship

Theatre

Gallantries

Lesson

Cunning

Deception

Fighting

Police (French gendarmerie)

Jail

Comical

French

Le Duel

Guignol

Sergeant

Father

Constable

Monologue

Comedy of language

Brawl

Duel scene

Situation comedy

Fake death

Final song

Music

Le Duel du soldat

he Soldier's Duel

Guignol tells the Directeur (Director) that he thinks highly of theatre. He asks to be introduced to the audience, and jokes with him about being made of wood. Ubu kills the king Venceslas. The Queen dies, and the Ombre (Shadow) of one of her ancestors gives the young prince Bougrelas a sword, so that he can avenge his father. Ubu robs and slaughters Nobles, dismisses the judges and makes them all fall through the trapdoor. Ubu goes fight the Russian army, and Mère Ubu (Mother Ubu) and her accomplice Giron try to steal his treasures while he is away. On the battlefield, Ubu is chased out by the Russian army led by the Tzar. An Ours (bear) attacks general Lascy and prevails. In the meantime, Ubu has taken shelter in a tree. Mère Ubu meets her husband and they both prepare to leave for France. But Bougrelas appears and has them arrested by the Gendarmes (Police), and asks for them to locked up in France and for Père Ubu (Father Ubu)’s brain to be removed.

Jarry Alfred

Paris

Printed

Regicide

Tyranny

Theft

Voracity

Treasure

Slaughter

Army

Revenge

Grotesque

Farcical

Ubu's puppet in Ubu sur la butte, 1901.

Father Ubu

Mother Ubu

Captain

Queen

Ghost

General

Emperor

Noble

Clerk

Magistrato

Counselor

Financier

Soldier

Russian

Pole

Bear

Horse

Prologue

Blow-with-a-stick

Song

Dance

Murder on stage

Apparition of a ghost

Parade

Plot scene

Battlefield scene

Chase

Fight with an animal

Ubu sur la butte

Ubu on the hilllock