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R.U.R. is a 1920 science fiction play by the Czech writer Karel Čapek. "R.U.R." stands for Rossumovi Univerzální Roboti (Rossum's Universal Robots, [1] a phrase that has been used as a subtitle in English versions). [2]
Karel Čapek (Czech: [ˈkarɛl ˈtʃapɛk] ⓘ; 9 January 1890 – 25 December 1938) was a Czech writer, playwright, critic and journalist. He has become best known for his science fiction , including his novel War with the Newts (1936) and play R.U.R. ( Rossum's Universal Robots , 1920), which introduced the word robot .
Edmund Duggan (playwright) (1862–1938, Australia) Roger Martin du Gard {redirect to Martin du Gard, Roger} Ashley Dukes (1885–1959, England) Alexandre Dumas, père (1802–1870, France) D Underbelly (born late 1990s, United States) Govind Purushottam Deshpande (1938–2013, India) in Marathi; Andrea Dunbar (1961–1990, England)
Alex Proyas announced that he had written a film adaptation of Karel Čapek's 1920 Czech play R.U.R. in August 2023. Proyas would also direct and produce alongside Morris Ruskin.
RUR, the birth of the robot In 2010 Leonel Moura creates a new version of the theatre play RUR with robots. R.U.R., Rossum’s Universal Robots is a classic playwright written by Karel Capek in the 1920s in which the word ROBOT was coined.
Sarah Ruhl (born January 24, 1974) is an American playwright, poet, professor, and essayist. Among her most popular plays are Eurydice (2003), The Clean House (2004), and In the Next Room (or the Vibrator Play) (2009).
So the idea to use the Czech word 'robota' meaning forced labour of servants, slaves etc esp in Middle Ages comes from Josef rather than from RUR author Karel who it is often attributed to. Karel himself was in favour of other words such as 'automaton' etc etc.
William Motter Inge (/ ˈ ɪ n dʒ /; [1] May 3, 1913 – June 10, 1973) was an American playwright and novelist, whose works typically feature solitary protagonists encumbered with strained sexual relations.