Capek Four Plays

Author : Karel Capek
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1408148560
Total Pages : 269 pages
Book Rating : 4.63/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Capek Four Plays written by Karel Capek and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2014-05-20 with total page 269 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "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 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.

Author : Karel Capek
Publisher : Courier Corporation
ISBN 13 : 0486112209
Total Pages : 96 pages
Book Rating : 4.06/5 ( download)

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Download or read book R.U.R. written by Karel Capek and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2014-03-05 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Two sets of identical twins provide the basis for ongoing incidents of mistaken identity, within a lively plot of quarrels, arrests, and a grand courtroom denouement. One of Shakespeare's earliest comedic efforts.

Author : Karel Čapek
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 84 pages
Book Rating : 4.19/5 ( download)

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Download or read book "And So Ad Infinitum" (The Life of the Insects) written by Karel Čapek and published by . This book was released on 1924 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Israel Zangwill
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 234 pages
Book Rating : 4.27/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Melting-pot written by Israel Zangwill and published by . This book was released on 1913 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Karel Capek
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 9780141182087
Total Pages : 116 pages
Book Rating : 4.83/5 ( download)

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Download or read book R.U.R. (Rossum's Universal Robots) written by Karel Capek and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2004-03-30 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A visionary work of science fiction that introduced the word "robot" Written in 1920, premiered in Prague in 1921, and first performed in New York in 1922—garnered worldwide acclaim for its author and popularized the word robot. Mass-produced as efficient laborers to serve man, Capek’s Robots are an android product—they remember everything but think of nothing new. But the Utopian life they provide ultimately lacks meaning, and the humans they serve stop reproducing. When the Robots revolt, killing all but one of their masters, they must strain to learn the secret of self-duplication. It is not until two Robots fall in love and are christened “Adam” and “Eve” by the last surviving human that Nature emerges triumphant. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.71/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Play Index written by and published by . This book was released on 1927 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Ondřej Pilný
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3030575624
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.25/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Cultural Convergence written by Ondřej Pilný and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2021 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on extensive archival research, this open access book examines the poetics and politics of the Dublin Gate Theatre (est. 1928) over the first three decades of its existence, discussing some of its remarkable productions in the comparative contexts of avant-garde theatre, Hollywood cinema, popular culture, and the development of Irish-language theatre, respectively. The overarching objective is to consider the output of the Gate in terms of cultural convergence the dynamics of exchange, interaction, and acculturation that reveal the workings of transnational infrastructures.

Author : Karel Čapek
Publisher : Catbird Press
ISBN 13 : 9780945774075
Total Pages : 420 pages
Book Rating : 4.79/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Toward the Radical Center written by Karel Čapek and published by Catbird Press. This book was released on 1990 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Capek's best plays, stories, and columns take us from the social contributions of clumsy people to dramatic meditations on mortality and commitment. The Reader includes a new and, at last, complete English translation of R.U.R., the play that introduced the literary robot.

Author : Ivan Klíma
Publisher : Catbird Press
ISBN 13 : 9780945774532
Total Pages : 274 pages
Book Rating : 4.32/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Karel Čapek written by Ivan Klíma and published by Catbird Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: And although originally written in Czech, the book was commissioned by Catbird Press and was therefore written with foreign readers in mind; in other words, no prior knowledge of Capek's writings or his milieu is required."--BOOK JACKET.

Author : George Bernard Shaw
Publisher : Pan Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 152904801X
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.18/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Pygmalion & Other Plays written by George Bernard Shaw and published by Pan Macmillan. This book was released on 2021-04-01 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: George Bernard Shaw is one of the most famous and celebrated Irish playwrights and this new collection brings together the very best of his witty and entertaining comedies in one volume; Pygmalion, Major Barbara and Androcles and the Lion. Part of the Macmillan Collector’s Library; a series of stunning, clothbound, pocket-sized classics with gold foiled edges and ribbon markers. These beautiful books make perfect gifts or a treat for any book lover. This edition has a preface by Oscar-winning actress Judi Dench. Pygmalion was first performed in 1914 and was an instant hit which then inspired the hit musical and award winning film, My Fair Lady. It tells the story of Eliza Doolittle and Henry Higgins, who tries to elevate a feisty flower girl out of her working-class roots and into high society. In Major Barbara, idealistic Barbara is a major in the Salvation Army, at odds with her millionaire father as they war over the best route to salvation. Androcles and the Lion is a clever retelling of the Bible story about a gentle Christian who pulls a thorn from a lion’s paw. All three plays are not only wonderfully amusing, they also showcase Shaw's intense concerns about poverty, class and inequality.