R. U. R. [Rossum's Universal Robots] (1989)

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Září 4, 2008

Karel Čapek. Překlad P. Selver. Rozhlasová úprava Nigel Playfair. Klavírní improvizace Terence Allbright. Režie Glyn Dearman.

Osoby a obsazení: Simon Ward [Harry Domain, General Manager for Rossum's Universal Robots], Tessa Peake-Jones [Helena Glory, Daughter of Professor Glory, Oxbridge University], Harry Towb [Alquist, Clerk of the works of R.U.R.], Nigel Anthony [Dr. Gall, Head of the Physiological Dept. of R.U.R.], John Rye [Jacob Berman, Managing Director of R.U.R.], Sean Barrett [Dr. Hellman, Psychologist-in-Chief], Peter Craze [Fabry, Chief Engineer for R.U.R.], Joan Walker [Emma, Helena's maid], Ken Cumberlidge [Radius, a robot], John Bull [Marius, a robot], Joanna Mackie [Sulla, a robot], Ian Michie [Primus, a robot], Marcia King [Helena, a robotess], and Joe Dunlop [A Robot Servant].

Nastudoval BBC v roce 1989. Premiéra 3. 3. 1989 (BBC Radio 4: The Friday Play).

Pozn.: In 1921, the Czech author Karel Capek wrote his best known piece of work, the play R.U.R. (Rossum’s Universal Robots), which featured machines created to simulate human beings.
Some references state that term „robot“ was derived from the Czech word robota, meaning „work“, while others propose that robota actually means „forced workers“ or „slaves.“ This latter view would certainly fit the point that Capek was trying to make, because his robots eventually rebelled against their creators, ran amok, and tried to wipe out the human race.
However, as is usually the case with words, the truth of the matter is a little more convoluted. In the days when Czechoslovakia was a feudal society, „robota“ referred to the two or three days of the week that peasants were obliged to leave their own fields to work without remuneration on the lands of noblemen. For a long time after the feudal system had passed away, robota continued to be used to describe work that one wasn’t exactly doing voluntarily or for fun, while today’s younger Czechs and Slovaks tend to use robota to refer to work that’s boring or uninteresting. (anotace)