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The White Plague (Czech: Bílá nemoc) is a play written by Czech writer Karel Čapek in 1937. [1] Written at a time of increasing threat from Nazi Germany to Czechoslovakia, it portrays a human response to a tense, prewar situation in an unnamed country that greatly resembles Germany with one extra addition: an uncurable white disease, a form of leprosy, is selectively killing off people ...
Skeleton on Horseback aka The White Disease (Czech: Bílá nemoc) is a 1937 Czechoslovak drama film directed by and starring Hugo Haas. It revolves around an infectious disease which breaks out during a war. It is based on the play The White Disease by Karel Čapek. [1]
Karel Čapek (Czech: [ˈkarɛl ˈtʃapɛk] ⓘ; 9 January 1890 – 25 December 1938) was a Czech writer, playwright, critic and journalist. He has become best known for his science fiction , including his novel War with the Newts (1936) and play R.U.R. ( Rossum's Universal Robots , 1920), which introduced the word robot .
Bílá nemoc (1956-1957) as first assistant (play by Karel Čapek, directed by Jaromír Pleskot) Maryša (1956-1957) as Second Man (directed by Zdeněk Štěpánek) Saint Jane as Page (directed by Jaromír Pleskot) Romeo and Juliet (1963) as Romeo (National Theatre, Prague, directed by Otomar Krejča)
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The Brothers Čapek were Josef and Karel Čapek, Czech writers who sometimes wrote together. They are commemorated both for their literary/artistic works and political activism against oppressive government.
The Absolute at Large (Továrna na absolutno in the original Czech, literally translated as The Factory for the Absolute), is a science fiction novel written by Czech author Karel Čapek in 1922. The first sentence opens the story on New Year's Day 1943 - a future date at the time of writing - and describes the fundamental transformations in ...
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