The play is called Rossum's Universal Robots and the word “robot” in Czech is connected to feelings & ideas of forced labor. The robots are forced to work for a wealthy, ruling class which they attempt to overthrow.
Maybe we should be mounting more productions of Čapek’s play! 🤔
Maybe we should be mounting more productions of Čapek’s play! 🤔
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Benjamin Dreyer
Hey, let's celebrate the birthday of Karel Čapek, who wrote a lot of cool things and also gave us the word "robot."
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