The Makropoulos Secret (1925)
by Karel Čapek, translated by Anonymous
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THE
MAKROPOULOS SECRET

By KAREL CAPEK
Author of R. U. R.

Adapted by Randal C. Burrell
Introduction by H. T. Parker

BOSTON
JOHN W. LUCE & COMPANY

Copyright as Manuscript, 1924

By Richard S. Aldrich

Copyright, 1925

By Randal C. Burrell

First published January, 1925

All applications for permission to perform “The Makropoulos Secret” in the United States of America must be addressed to the publishers of Randal C. Burrell, Esq., in their care.

Printed in the United States of America

THE MURRAY PRINTING COMPANY
CAMBRIDGE, MASS.

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Translation:

This work was published in 1925 and is anonymous or pseudonymous due to unknown authorship. It is in the public domain in the United States as well as countries and areas where the copyright terms of anonymous or pseudonymous works are 98 years or less since publication.

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