_CALIGULA
Emperor CALIGULA COMES TO SEE THE WORLD AS ABSURD AND MEANINGLESS
AFTER THE DEATH OF HIS SISTER AND MISTRESS, Drusilla. Desirous to
share this new understanding with his people, he uses his absolute
power to undermine all systems of government and social order.
CALIGULA MANDATES A DESIRE TO OWN THE MOON, to experience pure
happiness and to guarantee eternal life. To achieve these impossible
tasks he establishes a regime of hedonism and violence that drives
Rome to the brink of collapse. Part of his Cycle of the Absurd,_
_Caligula_ is French-Algerian playwright Albert Camus’ humorous and
philosophically explosive exposé of political science and the dangers
of absolute power.
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