Caligula and Three Other Plays

Camus was deeply involved in the practical aspects of theater, having organized his own troupes in Algiers and directed his productions with a focus on staging, lighting, and acting. He viewed the stage as one of the few places where he felt truly happy and often wrote with the specific intent of performing in or directing his own works.

This volume includes the author's own prefatory notes alongside the plays, as well as deleted scenes and alternate lines of dialogue that provide insight into his creative process and revisions.

The play Caligula is considered part of what the author termed his Cycle of the Absurd, which also includes the novel The Stranger and the essay The Myth of Sisyphus.