The Makropulos case
By: Karel Capek ; translated by Peter Majer
Contributors: Majer, Peter, translator
Publisher: Bloomsbury
Published: 2015
Place of publication: London]
Language: eng
Work titles: Věc Makropulos
Description: 'The Makropulos Case' is an enduring story of the invention of a potion that will give its consumer eternal life. In typical Capek style though, the elixir proves to be the undoing of those surrounding it, as the prospect of unlimited life reduces them to greed, secrecy and litigation. 'The Makropolus Case. was first performed in Prague in 1922.
Notes: Translated from the Czech.