R.U.R. [RUR]: Rossum's Universal Robots [Kolektivní drama o vstupní komedii a trech dejstvích]

Karel Capek (playwright)

Prague: Ceskoslevenske Divadelni a Literarni Jednatelstvi, 1954. Draft script for a 1954 production of the play originally written in 1920 by Karel Capek, produced in Prague. Rubber stamped production No. 5460 on the front wrapper.

Issued by the Czechoslovak Theater and the original Prague literary agency for Capek’s groundbreaking sci-fi play, the first fictional work to introduce the word “robot” and expand on the concept.

Mimeograph duplication, perfect bound in card wrappers. 82 pages, rectos only. Ownership inscription on the title page in pencil. A name underlined in the cast section. Mild wear at corners from use, pages lightly toned, otherwise supple and firm. Near Fine overall.


[Book #143642]