The tragedy of loneliness at the height of power – Caligula. The tragedy of absolute mutual misunderstanding – Misunderstanding. The tragedy of youthful maximalism, which became the basis for anarchic terror – The Just. And the complex, sophisticated, and spectacular tragicomedy The State of Siege about the arrival of the plague in a medieval Spanish city. Two of the four plays included in this collection are among the most popular dramatic works of Albert Camus, literally reigning on world stages. The other two, on the contrary, are known only to devoted readers and researchers of his work. However, all of them – written during the period when his friendship and rivalry with Sartre gave birth to both philosophy and the literature of French existentialism – bear the mark of Camus's genius.
