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"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.

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Book category Books in English Literature & literary studies Plays, playscripts

• Full title: Capek Four Plays
• Author: Karel Capek
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 320
• EAN: 9780413771902
• ISBN: 0413771903
• ID: 04068734
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
• Weight: 408 g
• Dimensions: 127 × 203 × 23 mm
• Date of publishing: 13. September 1999

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