Karel Čapek’s ‘The White Disease’: a pandemic of fascism

‘The White Disease’ (Bílá nemoc), first performed in January 1937, was a dark satirical send-up of fascism and opportunism, set against the backdrop of a deadly pandemic. The antimilitary utopian play was as prescient then as it is topical today, in the time of coronavirus.

Karel Čapek’s ‘The White Disease’: a pandemic of fascism

Karel Čapek’s penultimate play was a dark satire of fascism, set against the backdrop of a pandemic, as prescient then as it is topical today, in the era of coronavirus.

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