(Rossum’s Universal
Robots)
A play in introductory scene
and three acts
Translated into English by
David Wyllie
DRAMATIS
PERSONAE
Harry Domin:
Director General, Rossum’s Universal Robots
Fabry: Technical
Director, R.U.R.
Dr. Gall: Head of
Physiology and Research Department, R.U.R.
Dr. Hallemeier:
Head of Institute for Robot Psychology and Behaviour,
R.U.R
Busman: Commercial
Director, R.U.R.
Alquist: Head of
Construction, R.U.R.
Nana: Her
Nanny
Marius: Robot
Sulla: Robot,
female
Radius: Robot
Damon: Robot
1st
Robot
2nd
Robot
3rd
Robot
4th
Robot
Primus: Robot
Helena: Robot,
female
Robot servant
and numerous robots
Domin: in
introductory scene, about thirty-eight years old, tall, clean
shaven
Fabry: also clean
shaven, fair, serious and delicate features
Dr. Gall: light
build, lively, dark complexion and black moustache
Hallemeier: heavy
build, noisy, big ginger moustache and ginger shock of hair
Busman: fat, bald,
short-sighted Jew
Alquist: older
than the others, dressed without care, long grey hair and beard
Helena: very
elegant
In the play proper, all ten years older.
In the introductory scene, the robots are dressed like
people. They are slightly mechanical in their speech and
movements, blank of expression, fixed in their gaze. In the
play proper they wear linen blouses seized at the waist with
a belt and on their breasts wear a brass number
Intervals after the introductory scene and the second act.