Four Plays: R. U. R., The Insect Play, The Makropulos Case, The White Plague (World Classics)

by Cathy Porter (Translator), Cathy Porter (Translator), Karel Capek (Author)

• New

  Paperback
  1999

  $31.32

  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.