Selected Plays: 1984-1987

The Selected Plays: 1984-1987 of pre-eminent Czech writer and thinker Vaclav Havel includes Largo Desolato, Temptation and Redevelopment in three definitive translations by Tom Stoppard, George Theiner and James Saunders respectively.

The plays in this volume include "Largo Desolato", "Temptation" and "Redevelopment" in versions by Tom Stoppard, George Theiner and James Saunders, respectively. Their themes are freedom of thought, Faustian opportunism and town-planning.

The plays in this volume, which complements Selected Plays 1963-1983 are Largo Desolato, Temptation and Redevelopment in versions by Tom Stoppard, George Theiner and James Saunders respectively.

Their themes are freedom of thought, Faustian opportunism and town planning as metaphors for life in Eastern Europe before the collapse of Communism, all handled with their author's characteristic wit and irony, and written before he was translated from a prison to the highest office of state.