References in Popular Culture
Joan Miró used Ubu Roi as a subject of his 50 1940 lithographs called the Barcelona Series. These pictures could be Ubu Roi but they also satirise General Franco and his generals after he had won the Spanish Civil War.
In her book, Sixties, Linda McCartney explained that Paul read Jarry's play while writing the lyrics for "Maxwell's Silver Hammer".
The American experimental rock group Pere Ubu is named after the main character. Their 2009 album Long Live Père Ubu! is an adaptation of Jarry's play. "City Hobgoblins", a song by Manchester pop group The Fall, contains the Mark E Smith penned lyric "Ubu Roi is a home Hobgoblin." The British band Coil have a song named "Ubu Noir" on their 1984 album Scatology, inspired by the Ubu Roi character.
In October, 2012, an adaptation called "The Ubu Project", directed by Michael Haverty, was performed at Kennesaw State University in Kennesaw, Georgia.
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