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Above right Trying out the set-arrangement at a rehearsal of Roi Ubu—on the right Ubu's
Council of War. All figures and costumes are in black and white only.
The line illustrations are of
Franciszka Themerson's
preliminary sketches for Ubu Roi.
Below left Pere Ubu takes the salute at a parade of the Polish army (Act 2, scene 1). Above
him are King Venceslas and the head of his army.
Below right Mere Ubu, and, left foreground, the head of the Tzar's courtier. The stage is
12 feet high, the figure of the courtier 10 feet high.