Matka - Karel Čapek

The Mother (Matka in Czech) is a an anti-war drama written by Czech novelist and playwright Karel Čapek, in 1938. The play is influenced by the Spanish civil war and portrays the difficult relationship between men who wanted to fight, and their mothers and loved ones who did not want them to go, and the fight against fascism in order to defend democracy, freedom, and progress and to show the emotional turmoil and suffering that war brings. The play emphasizes the unnecessary difficulties of war and the complex relationships during war, emphasizing that although wars are bad, sometimes we have no choice but to fight them to protect our freedoms  

tytuł oryginału

Matka

data wydania

1938 (data przybliżona)

język

czeski