Sunday, 24 January 2021

R.U.R. (1920) written by Karel Čapek and premiered at the National Theater in Prague on 25 January 1921. R.U.R. stands for Rossumovi Univerzální Roboti (Rossum's Universal Robots)

Scenes from R.U.R. (science fiction play, 1920) written by the Czech writer Karel Čapek and premiered at the National Theater in Prague on 25 January 1921. R.U.R. stands for Rossumovi Univerzální Roboti (Rossum's Universal Robots).







Performance from 1921. It is clear that robots are more like androids than machines with visible metal parts.


A stage sketch for R.U.R. Rossumovi univerzální roboti (1920),written by Karel Čapek and to be produced in Prague with the stage designed by Bedrich Feuerstein in 1920

Stage sketch and scene from R.U.R. (Rossumovi univerzální roboti,  1920), written by Czech playwright Karel Čapek (1890 - 1938) and produced in Prague with the stage designed by Bedrich Feuerstein (1892-1936) in 1920, and scenes from the play premiered on January 25, 1921.





1921 production?