num_pages: 320
description: "There was no writer like him. . . prophetic assurance mixed with surrealistic humour and hard-edged social 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.
language: English
title: Four Plays
titlecomplete: Four Plays
genres: Plays
ratings_count: 66
publisher: Methuen Drama