In 1896, a young French playwright named Alfred Jarry stood on a Paris stage and opened his play with a single, absurd word: “Merdre!” The crowd erupted. Some laughed. Some screamed. Fights broke out. Ubu Roi—his play about a grotesque tyrant—had barely begun. Theatre critics called it childish. Meaningless. Insane. Jarry mocked power, logic, and even language itself—and the world wasn’t ready. Labeled a lunatic, Jarry lived out his days in poverty and isolation. He drank ether. Rode a bicycle e

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