R.U.R. / Karel Capek ; translated by Peter Majer and Cathy Porter.
| Author/creator |
Čapek, Karel, 1890-1938 author. |
| Other author/creator | Majer, Peter, translator. |
| Other author/creator | Porter, Cathy, translator. |
| Format | Electronic and Book |
| Publication Info | London : Bloomsbury, [2015] |
| Copyright Notice | ©2015 |
| Description | 1 online resource |
| Supplemental Content | Drama online |
| Subject(s) |
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| Uniform title | R.U.R. English |
| Summary | A funny and surreal story of servitude and technology, 'R.U.R.', or 'Rossum's Universal Robots' was legendary Czech writer Karel Čapek's first major work for the stage. The play is a gloriously dystopic science-fiction fantasy about robots and the brave new world of the men who mass-produce them. Robots multiply, are bought and sold and gradually take over every aspect of human existence. As people grow idle and stop procreating, the Robots rebel and destroy almost the entire human race. The play was first performed in Prague in 1921. |
| General note | Translated from the Czech. |
| Source of description | Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on January 28, 2015). |
| Genre/form | Drama. |
| Standard identifier# | 10.5040/9781408190982.40000006 |
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