Largo Desolato (Masterplots II: Drama)
At a glance:
- Author: Václav Havel
- First Published: 1985
- Type of Work: Play of ideas
- Time of Work: The 1980’s
- Setting: Czechoslovakia
- Principal Characters: Prof. Leopold Nettles, Suzana, Edward, Lucy, Bertram, First and second Sidneys, State Police officers, Marguerite
- Genres: Drama, Problem play, Absurdist literature
- Subjects: 1970’s, Philosophy or philosophers, Politics, Love or romance, 1980’s, Duty, Middle age, Great Britain, Czechoslovakia or Czechoslovakians, Doors, Dissent or dissenters
- Locales: Prague, Czechoslovakia
The Play
Largo Desolato begins in darkness, with orchestral music appropriate to the title (slow and solitary), which continues to play between scenes. The curtain reveals Leopold alone in his apartment, silently staring at the entry door. After a pause he goes to the door, looks out the peephole, and listens. The curtain falls and rises; the scene repeats. The action eventually continues with the entrance of Edward, who asks Leopold questions about his mental and physical condition. Leopold’s many complaints relate to his tension over an unnamed expected arrival. His...
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