Plague, an adaptation for radio of Neil Bartlett's 2017 play. Premiered on 26 July on BBC Radio 4 during the COVID-19 pandemic. The play was recorded at home by actors during the quarantine period. With Sara Powell as Doctor Rieux, Billy Postlethwaite as Raymond Rambert, Joe Alessi as Mr Cottard, Jude Aduwudike as Jean Tarrou and Colin Hurley as Mr Grand. Publication history As early as April 1941, Camus had been working on the novel, as evidenced in his diaries in which he wrote down a few ideas on "the redeeming plague". On 13 March 1942, he informed André Malraux that he was writing "a novel on the plague", adding "Said like that it might sound strange, […] but this subject seems so natural to me." 1947, La Peste (French), Paris: Gallimard 1948, translated by Stuart Gilbert, London: Hamish Hamilton 1960, translated by Stuart Gilbert, London: Penguin, 2001, translated by Robin Buss, London: Allen Lane, 2021, translated by Laura Marris, New York: Knopf, See also The Decameron The Masque of the Red Death The Betrothed References External links La Peste, Les Classiques des sciences sociales; Word, PDF, RTF formats, public domain in Canada La Peste, ebooksgratuits.com; HTML format, public domain in Canada 1947 French novels Absurdist fiction Books with atheism-related themes Éditions Gallimard books Existentialist novels French novels adapted into films Novels by Albert Camus Novels set in the 1940s Novels set in Algeria Plague (disease) Oran Health in Algeria Novels about diseases and disorders Novels about viral outbreaks French novels adapted into plays First-person narrative novels