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Capek Four Plays: R. U. R.; The Insect Play; The Makropulos Case; The White Plague

Capek Four Plays: R. U. R.; The Insect Play; The Makropulos Case; The White Plague

Capek, Karel
Majer, Peter
Capek

Paperback

Series: World Classics

Plays

ISBN10: 0413771903
ISBN13: 9780413771902
Publisher: A&c Black 3pl
Published: Sep 13 1999
Pages: 320
Weight: 0.80
Height: 0.90 Width: 5.00 Depth: 8.00
Language: English

There was no writer like him. . . prophetic assurance mixed with surrealistic humour and hard-edged social satire: a unique combination (Arthur Miller)


This volume brings together fresh new translations of four of his most popular plays, more than ever relevant today. In R. U. R., the Robot - an idea Çapek was the first to invent - gradually takes over all aspects of human existence except procreation; The Insect Play is a satirical fable in which beetles, butterflies and ants give dramatic form to different philosophies of life; The Makropulos Case is a fantasy about human mortality, finally celebrating the average lifespan; The White Plague is a savage and anguished satire against fascist dictatorship and the virus of inhumanity.

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