Věc Makropulos

by Karel Čapek · first published 1922

Věc Makropulos is a Czech play written by Karel Čapek. Its title—literally The Makropulos Thing—has been variously rendered in English as The Makropulos Affair, The Makropulos Case, or The Makropulos Secret (Čapek's own preferred English rendition). The main topic of the play is immortality. The play opens with an inheritance dispute between the aristocratic Prus family and the Gregor family, illegitimate descendants of a Prus nobleman who died in the 1820s.

Summary: Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0

Genre:

Science fiction play, Spoken drama

Original language:

Czech

Year page:

1922