Current Affairs Karel Capek's The White Plague still relevant 70 years after first production

02-02-2007 16:11 | Coilin O'Connor

When Karel Capek's play Bila Nemoc or The White Plague first came out in 1937, it was seen as a warning against the dangers of fascism, which was sweeping through Europe at that time. It turned out to be a very prophetic play, as German Nazi forces overran Czechoslovakia the following year, paving the way for a conflict that rocked the world.

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