I was thinking about the way that L'Etat is set in Spain - given that his native country had its own history of totalitarianism to draw from, it's interesting that Camus wrote another play in another country to extend his point. I had a bit of a dig on the internet and there's some comments here from his daughter, who thinks that the setting of Spain proves that he was not a 'neutral' man, that it shows his true engagement with his beliefs. The interview is mainly about Le Premier Homme, so could be useful for our study of that later on too.

Ok it won't let me paste! Here's the URL: www.spikemagazine.com/0397camu.php