Four plays

著者

• Čapek, Karel
• Majer, Peter
• Porter, Cathy

書誌事項

Four plays

Karel Čapek ; translated and introduced by Peter Majer and Cathy Porter

Methuen Drama, 1999

タイトル別名

Plays

収録内容

• R.U.R.
• The insect play
• The Makropulos case
• The white plague

内容説明・目次

内容説明

"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.

目次

• R. U. R.
• The Insect Play
• The Makropulos Case
• The White Plague

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詳細情報

• NII書誌ID(NCID): BA75957445
• ISBN:
  • 0413771903
• 出版国コード: uk
• タイトル言語コード: eng
• 本文言語コード: eng
• 原本言語コード: cze
• 出版地: London, [England]
• ページ数/冊数: xvi, 327 p.
• 大きさ: 20 cm
• 分類:
  • LCC : PG5038.C3