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KAREL CAPEK (1890 - 1938) |
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Nationality: Czechoslavakian Email: n/a Website: n/a |
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a playwright, novelist, and essayist, best known for coining the word robot through his 1920 play, R.U.R. (Rossum's Universal Robots added to Oxford English Dictionary in 1920) The Mother is not only ?apek's last play, but also one of the very last in a sustained period of radical international success for Czech theatre before the Munich Agreement.
Adaptation / Translations of Plays by Karel Capek
Insect Comedy, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Wilma Theatre, Philadelphia | 19 May 1983 | ||||
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| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #186913 | |||
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Genre: | Adaptation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Notes: | Original Playwrights- Josef & Karel Capek | |||||
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Insect Play, The | ||
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| 1st Published: | Oxford University Press, London, 1961 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #6063 | |||
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Genre: | Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | 0 | ||
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Notes: | Original Playwright - Karel Capek. In collaboration with Joseph Capek | |||||
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Insect Play, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
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| 1st Published: | Contained in: "Four Plays by Capek" published by Methuen | ISBN/ASIN: | 9780413771903 | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #96630 | |||
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Genre: | Translation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | 0 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Original Playwright - Karel Capek. Translated by Peter Maier and Karel Capek | |||||
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Insect Play, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
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| 1st Published: | Contained in: "Four Plays by Capek" published by Methuen | ISBN/ASIN: | 9780413771903 | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #96634 | |||
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Genre: | Translation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | 0 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Original Playwright - Karel Capek. Translated by Peter Maier and Karel Capek | |||||
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Makropulos Case, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Contained in: "Four Plays by Capek" published by Methuen | ISBN/ASIN: | 9780413771903 | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #96631 | |||
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Genre: | Translation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | 0 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Original Playwright - Karel Capek. Translated by Peter Maier and Karel Capek | |||||
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Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Makropulos Case, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Contained in: "Four Plays by Capek" published by Methuen | ISBN/ASIN: | 9780413771903 | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #96635 | |||
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Genre: | Translation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | 0 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Original Playwright - Karel Capek. Translated by Peter Maier and Karel Capek | |||||
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Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Mother, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | London | 1939 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #91604 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | 0 | ||
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Notes: | Original Playwright - Karel Capek | |||||
Synopsis: | Capek's dramatic swansong, The Mother is a powerful impassioned polemic on war provoked by years of huge social and political upheavals in the heart of Europe, written under the impact of the Spanish Civil War and the threat of Hitler against ?apek's own country. After losing four sons and her husband fighting for their high ideals on many different fronts, a widow clings to her last boy, Tony to save him from the same fate. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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RUR | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Oxford University Press, London, 1961 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #6064 | |||
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Genre: | Fantasy Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 9 | Female | 4 | ||
Parts other: | extras | |||||
Notes: | Original Playwright - Karel Capek | |||||
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Further Reference: | - | |||||
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RUR | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Contained in: "Four Plays by Capek" published by Methuen | ISBN/ASIN: | 9780413771903 | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #96632 | |||
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Genre: | Translation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | 0 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Original Playwright - Karel Capek. Translated by Peter Maier and Karel Capek | |||||
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Further Reference: | - | |||||
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RUR | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Contained in: "Four Plays by Capek" published by Methuen | ISBN/ASIN: | 9780413771903 | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #96636 | |||
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Genre: | Translation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | 0 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Original Playwright - Karel Capek. Translated by Peter Maier and Karel Capek | |||||
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Further Reference: | - | |||||
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White Plague, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Contained in: "Four Plays by Capek" published by Methuen | ISBN/ASIN: | 9780413771903 | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #96633 | |||
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Genre: | Translation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | 0 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Original Playwright - Karel Capek. Translated by Peter Maier and Karel Capek | |||||
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Further Reference: | - | |||||
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White Plague, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Contained in: "Four Plays by Capek" published by Methuen | ISBN/ASIN: | 9780413771903 | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #96637 | |||
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Genre: | Translation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | 0 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Original Playwright - Karel Capek. Translated by Peter Maier and Karel Capek | |||||
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Further Reference: | - | |||||
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