Word: krakatit
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...Karel Capek, 40, dark, slender, wiry, hesitating in manner but incisive of speech, is chiefly known in the U. S. as a playwright (The World We Live In written in collaboration with his brother Josef). He has written other plays (R. U. R., The Robber, The Makropoulos Affair), novels (Krakatit, The Absolute at Large). In Prague, his home town, he is known as a student of philosophy, principally American (William James, John Dewey), play manager and producer. Onetime Art Director of the National Art Theatre of Prague, he is now manager of the Vinohradsky Art Theatre, where he produces Shakespeare...
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