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‎Le Malentendu: Pièce en trois actes / Caligula: Pièce en quatre actes‎

‎(Paris), Gallimard, 1944. 8vo. Original carboard binding. Numbered 268 out of 1000 copies printed with the design of Mario Prassinos (1916-1985). Very fresh and clean copy. 214, (1), (1). ‎

‎First edition of two plays by one of the most famous French writers: Camus' Le Malentendu (""The Misunderstanding"", also translated as ""Cross Purpose"") and Caligula, first performed in 1944 and 1945, respectively. The two plays are landmarks in the Theatre of the Absurd, and, together with the novel L'Étranger (1942) and the essay Le Mythe de Sisyphe (1942), they form Camus' ""cycle of the absurd"", which he had planned as a so-called triptych, originally consisting of: ""a novel which became The Stranger, a philosophical essay, eventually titled The Myth of Sisyphus, and a play, Caligula. These were completed and sent off from Algeria to the Paris publisher in September 1941. Although Camus would have preferred to see them appear together, even in a single volume, the publisher, for both commercial reasons and because of the paper shortage caused by war and occupation, released The Stranger in June 1942 and The Myth of Sisyphus in October. Camus kept working on the play, which finally appeared in book form two years later"" (Aronson 2022"" see also Lottman, p. 428) Camus began writing Caligula in 1938, at approximately the same time as the essay and the novel of the same cycle. It was a lifetime work, as he revised and rewrote it throughout the years, ""perhaps only premature death prevented the appearance of a final version"" (Lottman: 207). Throughout the successive versions, ""[...] the Emperor Caligula's deeds and his underlying character and motivation change little, and these are of course the principal features of a play at once intriguing and repelling. One thing is proved by the presence of Caligula at virtually every step of Camus' writing life: its importance to him as a symbol (of absurd man, the absurd world)."" (Lottman: 364). Camus considered the title ""Le Jouer"" (""The player"") both for Caligula and his first novel La Mort hereuse (only published posthumously in 1971). Camus was planning Le Malentendu already in 1941, under the tentative title ""Budejovice"", the name of a town he had passed through during his journey through Czechoslovakia in 1936 (Lottman: 241)"" ""L'Exilé"" was another early title (Lottman: 273). It was, together with La Peste, to represent what he was calling ""his second series"", a triptych on revolt, but ended up being published together with Caligula and can be counted as part of the first cycle on the absurd. Indeed, its plot is tied to The Stranger: Camus clipped a true crime story reported in Algerian newspapers from January 1935 and saved it for later use, first as an anecdote in the essay and later as the plot for the play (Lottman: 85). While not thesis plays – plays which develop or defend a particular thesis – both works represented a ""theater of the impossible"", according to Lottman, Camus wrote: ""Thanks to an impossible situation (Le Malentendu) or character (Caligula), they try to give life to apparently insoluble conflicts through which all thought must pass before producing the only valid solutions. This theater suggests, for example, that each of us bears in himself his part of illusion and misunderstanding which is destined to be killed..."" (Lottman: 313). After WWII, Albert Camus (1913-1960) became, as a novelist and playwright, moralist and political theorist, ""the spokesman of his own generation and the mentor of the next, not only in France but also in Europe and eventually the world"" (Cruickshank 2026). Sources and further reading: Aronson, Ronald. (Winter 2022 Edition). Albert Camus. In Edward N. Zalta & Uri Nodelman (eds.), The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. https://plato.stanford.edu/archives/win2022/entries/camus/ Britannica Editors (2026, July 15). Theatre of the Absurd. Encyclopedia Britannica. https://www.britannica.com/art/Theatre-of-the-Absurd Cruickshank, J. (2026, July 31). Albert Camus. Encyclopedia Britannica. https://www.britannica.com/biography/Albert-Camus Lottman, H. R. (1979). Albert Camus: A biography. Weidenfeld & Nicolson. Todd, O. (1998). Albert Camus: A life (B. Ivry, Trans.). Vintage.‎

‎Caligula‎

‎ Anne Carrière In-8, broché, couverture souple glacée ill ( orgiaque), 365 pages pour ce très bel exemplaire.‎

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‎Caligula fit son cheval président du Sénat- Lithographie originale sur Velin blanc.‎

‎ Planche HT parue dans La Caricature politique, morale, littéraire et scénique, volume 8, 25 décembre 1834 (Planche n°451) :Lithographie - Oeuvre: Hauteur: 27cmx Largeur: 35.5cm - Image: Hauteur: 21cmx Largeur: 27cm- Titre en bas au centre : « Caligula fit son cheval président du Sénat. » ; indications : en ht à gche : « La Caricature (Journal) N°216. », en ht à dte : « Pl. 451. »- Inscription - Dans la lettre : « Chez Aubert, Galerie Vero-Dodat » [éditeur], « Litho. Delaunais, r. du Bouloi, 19. » [imprimeur]‎

‎La passion de l'empereur Caligula pour son cheval Incitatus est rapporté par Suetone (Vie de Caligula, LV) : "La veille des jeux du cirque, il ordonnait à des soldats d'imposer silence à tout le voisinage pour que rien ne troublât le repos de son cheval Incitatus. Il lui fit faire une écurie de marbre, une crèche d'ivoire, des housses de pourpre et des licous garnis de pierres précieuses. Il lui donna un palais, des esclaves et un mobilier, afin que les personnes invitées en son nom fussent reçues plus magnifiquement. On dit même qu'il voulait le faire consul." Bien que l'explication s'en défende ("Nous ne croyons pas que l'auteur de cette planche ait voulu faire allusion à quelque moderne présidence"), l'allusion à Louis-Philippe dans le rôle de Caligula et au maréchal Mortier dans celui d'Incitatus ne fait aucun doute. Dans une écurie, où l'on distingue en arrière-fond d'autres chevaux à visage humain, Louis-Philippe, vêtu à l'antique, désigne d'un geste de la main Mortier en cheval, tenant entre les dents la bride royale, portant autour du cou la croix de la légion d'honneur, une couverture marquée "PRESIDENCE" sur le dos. Le passé de Mortier sous l'Empire est rappelé par le "N" napoléonien sur sa croupe. Entre les le roi-Claigula et son ministre chevalin, on aperçoit, débordant d'une mangeoire, une croix de la légion d'honneur, un portefeuille et une bourse pleine d'argent. La planche donne à voir la "bêtise" du nouveau président du conseil. Remise de 20% pour toutes commandes supérieures à 200 €‎

‎Camus A. Favorites: The Stranger: Plague: The Fall: Caligula: Stories and Essay‎

‎Camus A. Favorites: The Stranger: Plague: The Fall: Caligula: Stories and Essays. In Russian /Kamyu A. Izbrannoe: Postoronniy: Chuma: Padenie: Kaligula: Rasskazy i esse. Compilation. Translation from French. Compilation and Preface by S. Velikovsky. Series: Masters of Modern Prose. France. M. Rainbow 1989. Contact us for details or to request photos of available books. Delivery of this book could take longer than normal due to additional handling time before shipping, and no rush delivery options are available. Please let us know if you have a specific date by which you need to receive your order. SKUalbb7bdae386e023055‎

‎Camus A. Caligula: Novel, Story, Plays. In Russian /Kamyu A. Kaligula: Roman, p‎

‎Camus A. Caligula: Novel, Story, Plays. In Russian /Kamyu A. Kaligula: Roman, povest, Pesy. Peak series. Masters. Kharkiv. Folio.AST year 2000. Contact us for details or to request photos of available books. Delivery of this book could take longer than normal due to additional handling time before shipping, and no rush delivery options are available. Please let us know if you have a specific date by which you need to receive your order. SKUalbb41c63cdb48e2883‎