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Item Details
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CAPEK FOUR PLAYS
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| Volume: |
v.1 |
| By: |
Karel Capek, Cathy Porter (Trans), Peter Majer (Trans) |
| Format: |
Paperback |
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£23.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0413771903 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780413771902 |
| Publisher: |
BLOOMSBURY PUBLISHING PLC |
| Pub. date: |
13 September, 1999 |
| Series: |
World Classics |
| Pages: |
320 |
| Translated from: |
Czech |
| Description: |
"There was no writer like him... prophetic assurance mixed with surrealistic humour and hard-edged social satire: a unique combination" (Arthur Miller) |
| Synopsis: |
"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 Capek 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. |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Methuen Drama |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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