Albert Camus was a French Algerian author, philosopher, and journalist who was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1957. He was a key philosopher of the 20th-century and his most famous work is the novel L'Étranger (The Stranger). In 1949, Camus founded the Group for International Liaisons within the Revolutionary Union Movement, which was a group opposed to some tendencies of the surrealistic movement of André Breton. Camus was the second-youngest recipient of the Nobel Prize for L...
Caligula and Three Other Plays
Caligula and Three Other Plays
Synopsis
A collection of four plays by Albert Camus: Caligula, a tragic meditation on absolute freedom; The Misunderstanding, a tense family drama about identity and betrayal; State of Siege, an allegory of political resistance; and Just Assassins, based on the real-life assassination of Soviet officials after World War II.
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Caligula and Three Other PlaysUnknown, 2023
302 pages
Knopf Doubleday Publishing GroupLanguage: EnglishISBN: 97805933112715 editions available
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Frequently asked questions
Did Albert Camus intend for these plays to be read or performed?
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.
Are there any unique features in this specific collection?
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.
How do these plays relate to the author's other famous works?
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.