Name: The Misunderstanding and Caligula
ISBN: 9780980281446

Christopher Williams

Albert Camus

New translations of two plays by Nobel laureate Albert Camus that strip away decades of misinterpretation of the playwright's intentions. "The translations ably capture the menace and atmosphere of Camus' writing"-Ruth Little, Literary Manager, Royal Court Theatre, London UK. "Spare, unforgiving and direct, much as Camus would want it I suspect"-Geordie Brookman, Artistic Director, State Theatre Company of South Australia.

The Misunderstanding and Caligula

Gabriela Roxana 

4,5

Mindblowing, haunting and intense, The misunderstanding makes for the most absurd and extraordinary play I've had yet to read.
Read it for a class. I'm still mind-blown, 4 hours after I finished it. I find the irony of it absolutely amazing.
Against anything my teacher sustained in class, no one will ever convince me The Old Man isn't a God instance in a demitisate world.
"The old servant goes to the window, sees Maria and Ian, then hides. He stays for a few moments alone in the scene. Ian comes in. He stops, looks around, and sees the old servant.
Ian : Isn't anyone here?
The old servant looks at him, crosses the stage, then leaves. "
It loses half of star for it's predictability - that in no way lessens the great impact of this play.