Ubu and the Truth Commission

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by Jane Taylor, William Kentridge and the Handspring Puppet Company. Based on Alfred Jarry's Ubu Roi, it compared Jarry's King Ubu with the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, utilizing texts from the TRC hearings in documentary fashion, as well as puppets and animated graphics by Kentridge. The text was finalized by Jane Taylor and the production directed by ***. It opened in South Africa at the Grahamstown Festival in 1997. *.


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