The tragedy of loneliness at the top of power - "Caligula." The tragedy of absolute mutual misunderstanding - "Misunderstanding." The tragedy of youthful maximalism, which became the basis for anarchist terror - "The Righteous." And the complex, exquisite and spectacular tragicomedy "State of Siege" about the arrival of the plague in a medieval Spanish city. Two of the four plays included in this collection belong to the most popular dramatic works of Albert Camus, literally not leaving the world stages. The other two, by contrast, are known only to devoted readers and researchers of his work. However, all of them - written during the period when - in his friendship and rivalry with Sartre - both the philosophy and literature of French existentialism were born - are marked by the seal of Camus's genius.