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R.U.R. (Rossum’s Universal Robots)

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R.U.R. (Rossum’s Universal Robots)

Karel Čapek

Helena Glory, as the daughter of a major industrial power's president, is a woman on a mission. She faces the island factory of Rossum's Universal Robots, the world's leading company in robotic engineering. She is convinced that these new creations called robots they make are deserving of rights like humans do. Everyone else is convinced robots are nothing more than tools for human use. Is it so, or is a robot rebellion becoming a more likely prospect as the robots start to seem more intelligent than first thought?

First performed in English in 1922, R.U.R. is most notable for being the play that introduced the word "robot" into the English language and one of the popular early examples of the science fiction genre onstage. (Mary Kay)

Cast List:
Narrator: John Trevithick
Helena Glory / Robot Helena: Sarah Terry
Harry Domin / Primus: ToddHW
Dr. Gall: Barry Streifert
Mr. Fabry: James Callaghan
Dr. Hallemeier / Consul Busman: SteveToner
Mr. Alquist: Beth Thomas
Nana: KHand
Radius: T. Layne
Sulla / First Robot: Tina Nuzzi
Marius / Fourth Robot: Rosslyn Carlyle
A Servant: Etel Buss
Second Robot / Third Robot: Kitty Kay / Mary Kay

Year of Publication: 1922Genres: Drama , Science Fiction
Running Time: 01 hour 47 minutes 25 seconds
#Chapter Name
1
The Nights
Preface and Act 1
Tina Nuzzi
37:56
2
The Nights
Act 2
Beth Thomas (1974-2020)
32:08
3
The Nights
Act 3
Tina Nuzzi
22:34
4
The Nights
Epilogue
Beth Thomas (1974-2020)
14:47

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