R. U. R.
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| First performance | January 25, 1921 |
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| Playwright | Karel Čapek |
| Genres | Speculative Fiction |
| Adaptations | R. U. R. |
| Original language | Czech Language |
| Characters | Helena Glory |
| Harry Domin | |
| Dr. Gall | |
| Alquist | |
| Dr. Hellman | |
| Jacob Berman | |
| Fabry | |
| Emma | |
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| ID | 809046 |
About R. U. R.
R. U. R. is a 1920 science fiction play by the Czech writer Karel Čapek. R. U. R. stands for Rossumovi Univerzální Roboti. The English phrase "Rossum's Universal Robots" has been used as a subtitle. It premiered on 25 January 1921 and introduced the word "robot" to the English language and to science fiction as a whole.