R.U.R. - Revision history

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Performance history in South Africa

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Performance history in South Africa

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Performance history in South Africa

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 : Three successful performances produced by the [[Johannesburg Repertory Society|Johannesburg Reps]]  as their first production.
 : Produced again by the [[Johannesburg Repertory Society|Johannesburg Reps]] in 1936.
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 : Afrikaans translation by [[M.C. Botha]] produced by [[Volksteater]] in 1939, directed by [[Napier de Bruyn]].
 : Produced in [[Afrikaans]] by [[K.A.T.]] in Cape Town, directed to acclaim by [[Napier de Bruyn]].
 == Sources ==

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-(Rosumovi Univerzální Roboti - "Rossum’s Universal Robots") A futuristic play by Karel Çapek (1920). An apocalyptic vision of a revolution by robots which satirizes the contemporary world.
+(Rosumovi Univerzální Roboti - "Rossum’s Universal Robots") A futuristic play by Karel Çapek (1920).
 Published in Czech in 1920, the play opened in Prague on 25 January 1921. The English translation by Paul Selver, adapted for the English stage by Nigel Playfair,  was produced by [[Basil Dean]] for the Reandean Company at St. Martin's Theatre, London in April 1923. The play introduced the word "[[Robot|robot]]" to the English language and to science fiction as a whole.
 == Performance history in South Africa ==
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 : Produced again by the [[Johannesburg Repertory Society|Johannesburg Reps]] in 1936.
 (The Reps productions apparently had an interesting side-effect in South Africa: the term "[[Robot|robot]]" [pronounced "row-bot"] was also applied to the new automated traffic lights that had just made their appearance in Johannesburg in 1929, and rapidly became - and has remained - the standard term for traffic lights in South African English as well as [[Afrikaans]] and other indigenous languages.)
 == Sources ==
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 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R.U.R.
-Du Toit , 1988
+Du Toit, 1988
 Hoffman, Arthur and Anna Romain,  1980.

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 (Rosumovi Univerzální Roboti - "Rossum’s Universal Robots") A futuristic play by Karel Çapek (1920). An apocalyptic vision of a revolution by robots which satirizes the contemporary world.
 Published in Czech in 1920, the play opened in Prague on 25 January 1921. The English translation by Paul Selver, adapted for the English stage by Nigel Playfair,  was produced by [[Basil Dean]] for the Reandean Company at St. Martin's Theatre, London in April 1923. The play introduced the word "[[Robot|robot]]" to the English language and to science fiction as a whole.
 == Performance history in South Africa ==
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 : Produced again by the [[Johannesburg Repertory Society|Johannesburg Reps]] in 1936.
 ==Translations and adaptations==

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 : Three successful performances produced by the [[Johannesburg Repertory Society|Johannesburg Reps]]  as their first production.
-: Produced again by the [[Johannesburg Repertory Society|Johannesburg Reps]] in 1936. (This production had an interesting side-effect in South Africa: the term "[[Robot|robot]]" [pronounced "row-bot"] was also applied to the new automated traffic lights that had just made their appearance, and rapidly became - and has remained - the standard term for traffic lights in South African English as well as [[Afrikaans]] and other indigenous languages.)
+: Produced again by the [[Johannesburg Repertory Society|Johannesburg Reps]] in 1936.
 ==Translations and adaptations==

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 Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]
 == Return to ==
 Return to [[ESAT Plays 1 R|R]] in Plays 1 Original SA Plays
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 Return to [[South_African_Theatre/Plays]]
 Return to [[Main Page]]

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 Du Toit , 1988
-They Built a Theatre
+Hoffman, Arthur & Romain, Anna 1980. ''They Built a Theatre: The Story of the Johannesburg Repertory Society.'' Johannesbrug: Ad Donker.
 Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]

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 == Performance history in South Africa ==
-: Three successful performances produced by the [[Johannesburg Repertory Society|Johannesburg Reps]] (according to Du Toit , 1988).
+: Three successful performances produced by the [[Johannesburg Repertory Society|Johannesburg Reps]]  as their first production.
-: Produced by the [[Johannesburg Repertory Society|Johannesburg Reps]] in 1936. (The production had an amusing side-effect in South Africa: the term "[[Robot|robot]]" [pronounced "row-bot" was applied to the new automated traffic lights that had just made their appearance, and rapidly became - and has remained - the standard term for traffic lights in South African English as well as [[Afrikaans]] and other indigenous languages.)
+: Produced again by the [[Johannesburg Repertory Society|Johannesburg Reps]] in 1936. (This production had an amusing side-effect in South Africa: the term "[[Robot|robot]]" [pronounced "row-bot" was applied to the new automated traffic lights that had just made their appearance, and rapidly became - and has remained - the standard term for traffic lights in South African English as well as [[Afrikaans]] and other indigenous languages.)
 ==Translations and adaptations==