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R.U.R. by Karel Čapek, Paul Selver & Nigel Playfair Book Summary
, or Rossum’s Universal Robots is a play written in 1920 by Karel Čapek, a Czech writer who wrote many plays and novels, many of them with science-fiction and dystopian themes. is perhaps the most well-known of these works in the English-speaking world because it brought the word “robot” into the language. “Robot” is derived from the Czech word meaning “worker.”
The play is set in the island headquarters of the corporation. The corporation has been manufacturing artificial beings which resemble humans, but who are tireless workers. They can be mass-produced in large numbers and are being adopted as workers in many countries. In the first scene of the play, they are visited by a young woman, Helena Glory, who aspires to relieve the lot of the robots, who she sees as oppressed. However, in what must be the fastest seduction scene in all drama, she is wooed and agrees to marry Harry Domin, the factory manager, who she has just met. She still however aspires to improve the life of robots and find a way to give them souls. Ultimately, however, this admirable desire leads to disaster for humankind.
The play was translated into English, and slightly abridged, by Paul Selver and Nigel Playfair in 1923. This version quickly became popular with both British and American audiences and was well received by critics.
Book Name | R.U.R. |
Genre | Theater |
Author | Karel Čapek, Paul Selver & Nigel Playfair |
Published | 24 September 2020, Thursday |
Language | English |
E-Book Size | 544.09 KB |
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Summary of R.U.R. by Karel Čapek, Paul Selver & Nigel Playfair
The R.U.R. book written by Karel Čapek, Paul Selver & Nigel Playfair was published on 24 September 2020, Thursday in the Theater category. A total of 14 readers of the book gave the book 0 points out of 5.
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