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Karel Capek (I)

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World fame was his for two plays, "R.U.R." (in which he coined the word "robot") and "The Insect Play," and the allegorical novel representing Nazi and Fascist expansion as that of salamander-like creatures, "War With the Newts."

The American premiere of his allegorical play written as Kapek fled the Nazis, "The White Plague," was produced by Northlight Theater in Skokie, IL, in 1988. Gwen Arner directed. In the cast: Bruce A. Young, John Gegenhuber, James Marsters, Gary Houston, Jack McLaughlin-Gray, Durward McDonald and Alma Washington.

Playwright: "R.U.R." (filmed as R.U.R. (1948) (TV), R.U.R. (1938) (TV))

Playwright: "Loupezník" (filmed as Loupezník (1931))

Playwright: "Bila nemoc" (filmed as Bílá nemoc (1937))

Books: "Capek's Tales" (filmed as Capkovy povidky (1947))

Book: "O vecech nadprirozených" (filmed as O vecech nadprirozených (1958))

Novel: "První parta" (filmed as První parta (1959))

Book: "Cintamani a podvodnik" (filmed as Cintamani a podvodnik (1964))

Novel: "Krakatit" (filmed as Temné slunce (1980), Krakatit (1947))

Book: "Hordubal" (filmed as Hordubal (1980), Hordubalové (1939))

Book: "Plaché pribehy" (filmed as Plaché pribehy (1982)))

Novel: "The Makropoulos Secret" (filmed as Retsept yeyo molodosti (1983))

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