Caligula (play)
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Caligula (performed 1945, written 1938) is a play by Albert Camus. Its plot revolves around the historical figure of Caligula, a Roman Emperor famed for his cruelty and seemingly insane behavior. In Camus' version, Caligula deliberately manipulates his own assassination. (Historically, this event took place January 24, 41 AD/CE.)
Camus' portrayal of Caligula is seemingly soft on the surface but below it is seething with details and moral and ethical codes.
| The Works of Albert Camus |
| Novels: The Stranger | The Plague | The Fall | A Happy Death | The First Man |
| Short Stories: "The Adulterous Woman" | "The Renegade" | "The Silent Men" | "The Guest" | "The Artist at Work" | "The Growing Stone" |
| Plays: Caligula | The Misunderstanding | State of Siege | The Just Assassins | The Possessed |
| Non-Fiction: Betwixt and Between | Neither Victim Nor Executioner | The Myth of Sisyphus | The Rebel | Notebooks 1935-1942 | Notebooks 1943-1951 | Nuptials |
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