R.U.R.

Summary

R.U.R. is a dramatic work^[1]. R.U.R. draws 1,368 Wikipedia views per month (dramatic_work category, ranking #37 of 285).^[2]

Key Facts

• R.U.R. authored Karel Čapek^[3].
• R.U.R.'s instance of is recorded as dramatic work^[4].
• R.U.R. was directed by Vojta Novák^[5].
• R.U.R.'s genre is science fiction play^[6].
• R.U.R.'s genre is AI takeover^[7].
• R.U.R.'s genre is utopian drama^[8].
• R.U.R.'s place of publication is recorded as Prague^[9].
• R.U.R.'s Commons category is recorded as R.U.R.^[10].
• R.U.R.'s language of work or name is recorded as Czech^[11].
• R.U.R.'s country of origin is recorded as Czechoslovakia^[12].
• 1920 marks the founding of R.U.R.^[13].
• R.U.R. was published on January 1, 1920^[14].
• R.U.R.'s has edition or translation is recorded as R.U.R.^[15].
• R.U.R.'s has edition or translation is recorded as R.U.R.^[16].
• R.U.R.'s has edition or translation is recorded as R.U.R.^[17].
• R.U.R.'s has edition or translation is recorded as R.U.R.^[18].
• R.U.R.'s has edition or translation is recorded as R.U.R.^[19].
• R.U.R.'s has edition or translation is recorded as Q111602109^[20].
• R.U.R.'s has edition or translation is recorded as R.U.R.^[21].
• R.U.R.'s main subject is robot^[22].
• R.U.R.'s described at URL is recorded as https://getpocket.com/explore/item/the-czech-play-that-gave-us-the-word-robot?utm_source=pocket-newtab-global-en-GB^[23].
• R.U.R.'s date of first performance is recorded as January 25, 1921^[24].
• R.U.R.'s published in is recorded as Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction^[25].
• R.U.R.'s title is recorded as {'lang': 'cs', 'text': 'R.U.R.'}^[26].
• R.U.R.'s subtitle is recorded as {'lang': 'cs', 'text': 'Rossumovi Univerzální Roboti'}^[27].

Body

Authorship and Creation

R.U.R. authored Karel Čapek^[3]. R.U.R. was directed by Vojta Novák^[5].

Publication

R.U.R. was released on January 1, 1920^[14]. R.U.R.'s place of publication is recorded as Prague^[9]. R.U.R.'s language of work or name is recorded as Czech^[11]. Genres include science fiction play^[6], AI takeover^[7], and utopian drama^[8].

Subject and Themes

R.U.R.'s main subject is robot^[22].

Material and Period

R.U.R. dates from the interwar period^[28].

Why It Matters

R.U.R. draws 1,368 Wikipedia views per month (dramatic_work category, ranking #37 of 285).^[2] R.U.R. has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[29] R.U.R. is known by 33 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[30]