Caligula

by Albert Camus, Justin O'Brien

Overview

History / Characters: 18 males 2 females

Scenery: Exterior

Caligula explores the absolutism of power and the catastrophe of tyranny. Caesar summons his council whose first thought is of taxes. Very well says Caesar if taxes are more important than human hearts he may safely kill without conscience. He pursues the logic to the bitter end. In the last scene he is murdered an ending he knew was inevitable. "Has given the theatre a red hot glow." N.Y. World Telegram & Sun.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780573606694
Publisher:	Concord Theatricals
Publication date:	11/17/2010
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	88
Product dimensions:	5.00(w) x 8.00(h) x 0.18(d)

About the Author

Albert Camus (1913-1960) was an Algerian-born French author, philosopher, and journalist. He is generally considered one of the fathers of Existentialism along with Jean-Paul Sartre (though Camus is famously quoted as saying "I am not an Existentialist"). Camus is most well known for his books The Stranger and The Plague, which have become classic examples of Absurdist and Existential Literature. In 1957, he won the Nobel Prize in Literature.