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The Increased Difficulty of Concentration is a metaphysical farce, written by dissident Czechoslovak playwright (and future president) V clav Havel. Hummel, an academic, juggles lovers, philosophy, and the questions from a strange machine called Pazuk, while trying to make sense... Read Full Overview

This classic farce done in thirty scenes with no chronological sequence concerns a doctor of philosophy who has a wife a mistress and a secretary whose beautiful legs make it difficult for him to concentrate when she is taking dictation.