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R.U.R. (Rossum's Universal Robots) (Dover Thrift Editions) (Reprint Edition) by Karel Capek, Nigel (Trn) Playfair, Paul (Trn) Selver, Dover Thrift Editions Paperback, 64 Pages, Published 2001 ISBN-10: 0-486-41926-6 / 0486419266 ISBN-13: 978-0-486-41926-8 / 9780486419268 One of the classics of twentieth-century theater, this brilliantly conceived and exquisitely executed play by Czech playwright Karel Čapek (1890–1938) looks to a future in which all workers are automatons, or "robots" — a word this play made a permanent part of the language. The robots revolt when t |