R. U. R. (Rossum's Universal Robots)

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R. U. R. (Rossum's Universal Robots) (1923)
by Karel Čapek, translated by Paul Selver

The cast of the Theatre Guild Production

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First performed in Czech in 1921, English translation in 1923. The play quickly became influential after its publication and by 1923 had been translated into thirty languages. It introduced the word robot to the English language and to science fiction as a whole.Warning: template has been deprecated.

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R. U. R.

(ROSSUM'S UNIVERSAL ROBOTS)

A Fantastic Melodrama

BY

KAREL CAPEK

TRANSLATED BY
PAUL SELVER

THE THEATRE GUILD VERSION,
WITH FOUR ILLUSTRATIONS
FROM PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE
THEATRE GUILD PRODUCTION

GARDEN CITY⁠NEW YORK
DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & COMPANY
1923

(not listed in original)

The cast of the Theatre Guild Production
Introduction
Characters
Act I
Act II
Act III
Epilogue

COPYRIGHT, 1923, BY

DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & COMPANY

ALL RIGHTS RESERVED, INCLUDING THAT OF TRANSLATION
INTO FOREIGN LANGUAGES, INCLUDING THE SCANDINAVIAN

PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES
AT
THE COUNTRY LIFE PRESS, GARDEN CITY, N. Y.

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Original:

This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published in 1923, before the cutoff of January 1, 1929.

The longest-living author of this work died in 1938, so this work is in the public domain in countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 85 years or less. This work may be in the public domain in countries and areas with longer native copyright terms that apply the rule of the shorter term to foreign works.

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Translation:

This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published in 1923, before the cutoff of January 1, 1929.

The longest-living author of this work died in 1970, so this work is in the public domain in countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 53 years or less. This work may be in the public domain in countries and areas with longer native copyright terms that apply the rule of the shorter term to foreign works.

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