is a 1920 science-fiction play by the Czech writer Karel Čapek.
She meets Domin, the General Manager of R.U.R., who tells her the history of the company: In 1920, a man named Rossum came to the island to study marine biology, and in 1932 he accidentally discovered a chemical that behaved exactly like protoplasm, except that it did not mind being knocked around.
It has been suggested that the allusion might be preserved by translating "Rossum" as "Reason" but only the Majer/Porter version translates the word as "Reason". ==Production history== The work was published in Prague by Aventinum in 1920, after being postponed, and, premiered at the city's National Theatre on 25 January 1921, although an amateur group had by then already presented a production. R.U.R.
in Czech from Project Gutenberg Audio extracts from the SCI-FI-LONDON adaptation Karel Čapek bio. Online facsimile version of the 1920 first edition in Czech. 1921 plays Artificial intelligence in fiction Plays by Karel Čapek Works about robots Science fiction theatre
It had its world premiere on 2 January 1921 in Hradec Králové and introduced the word "robot" to the English language and to science fiction as a whole. R.U.R.
It has been suggested that the allusion might be preserved by translating "Rossum" as "Reason" but only the Majer/Porter version translates the word as "Reason". ==Production history== The work was published in Prague by Aventinum in 1920, after being postponed, and, premiered at the city's National Theatre on 25 January 1921, although an amateur group had by then already presented a production. R.U.R.
for the Reandean Company at St Martin's Theatre, London. The American première was at the Garrick Theatre in New York City in October 1922, where it ran for 184 performances, a production in which Spencer Tracy and Pat O'Brien played robots in their Broadway debuts. It also played in Chicago and Los Angeles during 1923.
By 1923, it had been translated into thirty languages. The play begins in a factory that makes artificial people, called roboti (robots), from synthetic organic matter.
was translated from Czech into English by Paul Selver and adapted for the stage in English by Nigel Playfair in 1923.
In April 1923 Basil Dean produced R.U.R.
for the Reandean Company at St Martin's Theatre, London. The American première was at the Garrick Theatre in New York City in October 1922, where it ran for 184 performances, a production in which Spencer Tracy and Pat O'Brien played robots in their Broadway debuts. It also played in Chicago and Los Angeles during 1923.
In the late 1930s, the play was staged in the U.S.
She meets Domin, the General Manager of R.U.R., who tells her the history of the company: In 1920, a man named Rossum came to the island to study marine biology, and in 1932 he accidentally discovered a chemical that behaved exactly like protoplasm, except that it did not mind being knocked around.
– since Asimov's Robots are created with a built-in total inhibition against harming human beings or disobeying them. ===Adaptations=== On 11 February 1938, a thirty-five-minute adaptation of a section of the play was broadcast on BBC Television – the first piece of television science-fiction ever to be broadcast. In 1941 BBC radio presented a radio play version, and in 1948, another television adaptation – this time of the entire play, running to ninety minutes – was screened by the BBC.
– since Asimov's Robots are created with a built-in total inhibition against harming human beings or disobeying them. ===Adaptations=== On 11 February 1938, a thirty-five-minute adaptation of a section of the play was broadcast on BBC Television – the first piece of television science-fiction ever to be broadcast. In 1941 BBC radio presented a radio play version, and in 1948, another television adaptation – this time of the entire play, running to ninety minutes – was screened by the BBC.
– since Asimov's Robots are created with a built-in total inhibition against harming human beings or disobeying them. ===Adaptations=== On 11 February 1938, a thirty-five-minute adaptation of a section of the play was broadcast on BBC Television – the first piece of television science-fiction ever to be broadcast. In 1941 BBC radio presented a radio play version, and in 1948, another television adaptation – this time of the entire play, running to ninety minutes – was screened by the BBC.
by the Federal Theatre Project's Marionette Theatre in New York. In 1989, a new, unabridged translation by Claudia Novack-Jones restored the elements of the play eliminated by Selver.
BBC Radio 3 dramatised the play again in 1989, and this version has been released commercially. The Hollywood Theater of the Ear dramatized an unabridged audio version of R.U.R.
Another unabridged translation was produced by Peter Majer and Cathy Porter for Methuen Drama in 1999. ===Critical reception=== Reviewing the New York production of R.U.R., The Forum magazine described the play as "thought-provoking" and "a highly original thriller".
By the time the play takes place – around the year 2000 – robots are cheap and available all over the world.
which is available on the collection 2000x: Tales of the Next Millennia. In August 2010, Portuguese multi-media artist Leonel Moura's R.U.R.: The Birth of the Robot, inspired by the Čapek play, was performed at Itaú Cultural in São Paulo, Brazil.
which is available on the collection 2000x: Tales of the Next Millennia. In August 2010, Portuguese multi-media artist Leonel Moura's R.U.R.: The Birth of the Robot, inspired by the Čapek play, was performed at Itaú Cultural in São Paulo, Brazil.
The concept and initiative for the play came from Christian Gjørret, leader of "Vive Les Robots!" who, on 29 January 2012, during a meeting with Steven Canvin of LEGO Group, presented the proposal to Lego, that supported the piece with the LEGO MINDSTORMS robotic kit.
Ether, music by Rob Susman, and lyrics by Clark Render was an official selection of the 2014 New York Musical Theatre Festival season. On 26 November 2015 The RUR-Play: Prologue, the world's first version of R.U.R.
Ether, music by Rob Susman, and lyrics by Clark Render was an official selection of the 2014 New York Musical Theatre Festival season. On 26 November 2015 The RUR-Play: Prologue, the world's first version of R.U.R.
This presages the fact that she is later revealed to be a gynoid. In the 2016 video game Mankind Divided, R.U.R.
is performed in an underground theater in a dystopian Prague by an "augmented" (cyborg) woman who believes herself to be the robot Helena. In the 2018 British alternative history drama Agatha and the Truth of Murder, Agatha is seen reading R.U.R.
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