R. U. R. " in THE BEST PLAYS OF 1922-23 by CAPEK, Karel; Burns Mantle, (Editor) - ( 1923 )
by CAPEK, Karel; Burns Mantle, (Editor)
R. U. R. " in THE BEST PLAYS OF 1922-23
by CAPEK, Karel; Burns Mantle, (Editor)
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Boston: Small, Maynard & Company, ( 1923 ). First Edition. Hardcover. Good. Duodecimo, 610 pages, black cloth, paper label on spine
This work introduced the word " Robot " into the global languages. This fantastic melodrama tells the story of the world's repopulation with artificial beings, that is, Robots. "It is a weird drama, a sort of socialistic satire, into which all sorts of symbolic meanings may be read by the spectator possessed of an active an sympathetic imagination." - Burns Mantle. Was Capek a prophet? How is it looking now, a century latery? Ironically, also remarkd here is Elmer Rice's play, "The Adding Machine", a company replaces its bookkeeper with an adding machine - with horrifing results.
This work introduced the word " Robot " into the global languages. This fantastic melodrama tells the story of the world's repopulation with artificial beings, that is, Robots. "It is a weird drama, a sort of socialistic satire, into which all sorts of symbolic meanings may be read by the spectator possessed of an active an sympathetic imagination." - Burns Mantle. Was Capek a prophet? How is it looking now, a century latery? Ironically, also remarkd here is Elmer Rice's play, "The Adding Machine", a company replaces its bookkeeper with an adding machine - with horrifing results.
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Bookseller
Thomas J. Joyce And Company
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- Format/Binding Hardcover
- Book Condition Used - Good
- Quantity Available 1
- Edition First Edition
- Binding Hardcover
- Publisher Small, Maynard & Company
- Place of Publication Boston
- Date Published ( 1923 )
- Keywords drama, karel capek, r.u.r., robots