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Karel Čapek’s ‘robots’ at 100 – new exhibition highlights foreign productions of R.U.R.

Published: Sept. 29, 2020, 11:50 a.m.

This week marks the 100th anniversary of the publication of R.U.R. , the dystopian theatre play by Karel Čapek that introduced the word ‘robot’ into English – and to science fiction as a whole. A new exhibition called A Journey into the Depths of the Robot’s Soul focuses on how Čapek’s ground-breaking play was received and staged abroad.