Adam the Creator

ADAM THE CREATOR

THE LAND
OF MANY NAMES

By JOSEF ČAPEK

Translated from the Czech by
Paul Selver

“A remarkable play which, in addition to its subject-matter, offers much scope to the producer.”
Yorkshire Post.

“Paul Selver’s virile translation well enables us to appreciate the imagination and the profound human sympathy with which this pageant of gloom is conceived.”
Manchester Guardian.

“A very remarkable play. . . . It gives one furiously to think.”
Referee.

“A marvellously dramatic play with fine continuity of action and clever satire.”—Yorkshire Post.

KAREL and JOSEF ČAPEK

ADAM
THE CREATOR

A Comedy in Six
Scenes and an Epilogue

TRANSLATED BY
DORA ROUND

LONDON
GEORGE ALLEN & UNWIN LTD
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Chapters (not listed in original)

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Original:

This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published in 1927, before the cutoff of January 1, 1930.


The longest-living author of this work died in 1945, so this work is in the public domain in countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 79 years or less. This work may be in the public domain in countries and areas with longer native copyright terms that apply the rule of the shorter term to foreign works.

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Translation:

This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published in 1929, before the cutoff of January 1, 1930.


This work may be in the public domain in countries and areas with longer native copyright terms that apply the rule of the shorter term to foreign works.

Public domainPublic domainfalsefalse