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It premiered in Prague in 1921. It was translated from the Czech into English by Paul Selver, and adapted for the English stage by Nigel Playfair in 1923. Basil Dean produced it in April of 1923 for the Reandean company at St Martin's Theatre , London.
It popularized the word robot, which displaced older words such as "automaton" or " android" in languages around the world. In its original Czech, robota means drudgery or servitude. The name Rossum is an allusion to the Czech word rozum, meaning "reason", intellect. (It has been suggested that the allusion might be preserved by translating "Rossum" as "Reasson", but all published translations to date have left the name untouched.)
After having finished the manuscript, Capek realized that he had created a modern version of the old Golem Legend.
It is dark, but not hopeless, and was successful in its day in Europe and the United StatesThe United States of America also referred to as the United States U. America ¹ or the States is a federal republic in central North America, stretching from the Atlantic in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west. It shares land borders with Canada in.
A more modern 1990Events January January 3 Former leader of Panama Manuel Noriega surrenders to American forces. January 7 The Leaning Tower of Pisa is closed to the public due to safety concerns. January 9 Lt Gen Bazilio Olara Okello The man who led the coup aginst Dr Apo translation in English is available in Towards the Radical Center: A Karel Capek Reader, published by Catbird Press .
An EsperantoEsperanto is a planned ( constructed) international auxiliary language. The name derives from the pseudonym (Dr. Esperanto) under which L. Zamenhof published the language in 1887. See Esperanto history. His intention was to create an easy-to-learn languag translation is available as a free e-book from the eLibrejo , titled as R. U. R. - Rossumaj Universal-Robotoj.
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