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Karel Capek (I) (1890–1938)

Writer

Trivia:

Younger brother of Josef Capek. See more trivia »

Born:

in Malé Svatonovice, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary [now Czech Republic]

Died:

(age 48) in Prague, Czech Republic
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2013 R.U.R.: Genesis (TV short) (original play) (filming)
 
2011 Basník (TV series) (story)
 
2001 Holy Night (TV movie) (story)
 
2000 Na zámku (TV movie) (story)
 
1998 Alilot David (TV series)
– Ha-Hadifa (1998) (story)
 
1997 Ruffiano and Sweeteeth (stories)
 
1983 Retsept yeyo molodosti (novel "The Makropoulos secret")
 
1982 Plaché pribehy (short stories)
 
1981 Dark Sun (novel "Krakatit")
 
1980 Hordubal (book)
 
1977 La misma vieja historia (documentary short)
 
1973 The Water Sprite's Fairy-tale (short) (story)
 
1973 Rekordi (story)
 
1972 Tulácká pohádka (short) (story)
 
1971 Ein Mordanschlag (TV movie) (story)
 
1969 Justice for Selwyn (TV movie) (story)
 
1967 Teatterituokio (TV series)
– Kohtalokas lemmenleikki (1967) (writer)
 
1964 De dichter (TV movie) (story)
 
1964 Loupeznická pohádka (short) (story)
 
1964 Postácká pohádka (short) (story)
 
1964 The Chintamani Carpet and a Swindler (book)
 
1963 Doctor's Fairytale (short) (fairytale)
 
1962 Pakinateatteri (TV series)
– Runoilija (1962) (writer)
 
1960 BBC Sunday-Night Play (TV series)
– Twentieth Century Theatre: The Insect Play (1960) (play "Ze zivota hmyzu")
 
1959 Of Things Supernatural (short stories)
 
1959 Psí pohádka (short) (story)
 
1959 První parta (novel)
 
1958 ITV Television Playhouse (TV series)
– The Macropulos Secret (1958) (writer)
 
1957 Historia pewnego listu (short) (story)
 
1953 Broadway Television Theatre (TV series)
– R.U.R. (Rossum's Universal Robots) (1953) (play)
 
1950 BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (TV series)
– The Insect Play (1950) (play "Ze zivota hmyzu")
 
1949 Krakatit (novel "Krakatit")
 
1948 R.U.R. (TV movie) (play)
 
1947 Capek's Tales (books)
 
1939 The Insect Play (TV movie)
 
1938 R.U.R. (TV short) (play)
 
1938 Hordubalové (novel / screenplay)
 
1938 Robot-Girl Nr. 1
 
1937 Skeleton on Horseback (play)
 
1931 Loupezník (play)
 
1922 Zlatý klícek (story)
 
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Personal Details

Other Works:

The American premiere of his allegorical play written as Kapek fled the Nazis, "The White Plague," was produced by Northlight Theater, then in Evanston, IL, in 1988. Gwen Arner directed. In the cast: Bruce A. Young, John Gegenhuber, Tracy Maria Grant, Derek Rhys-Evans, James Marsters, Gary Houston... See more »
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Trivia:

Younger brother of Josef Capek. See more »

Star Sign:

Capricorn