Neomluvene Divadlo (RUR): Interviews (I)
"And now for my second idea, the comedy about truth. General director Domin tries to prove in the play that technical devolpments liberate man from heavy physical labor, and he is right. Alquist the Tolsoyan architect, believes on the contrary that technical developments demoralize man, and I think that he is right too. Busman thinks that only industrialism is capable of meeting humans needs: he is right. Helena instinctively fears all this human machinery, and is quite right. And finally, the Robots themselves revolt against all these idealisms, and it seems that they are right as well".
(Karel Capek on his play
Rossum's Universal Robots, 1923).
In the play R.U.R, the audience are getting introduced to different kinds of humans point of views on robots. Vive Les Robots! therefore asked some of the actors in the play, on what is their characters opinion on robots.
Tomás Vyoral is playing Robert Gall, an
engaged doctor in his work, who's secretly in love with Helena, and
is making the Robots thinks, which almost is leading to the end of
the human race.
Václav Lacina is playing Nigel Fabry, the General Technical Director of Rossum's Universal Robots. Or the homo faber (man the creator). He's found of Robots because of the profits, but doesn't have much thoughts on their behavior.
Links:
Neomluvené Divadlo
RUR
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Extra
[image sources: Neomluvené Divadlo]
[source: Vive Les Robots!]
Tomás Vyoral is playing
Robert Gall, who's secretly in love with Helena.
Václav Lacina is playing Nigel Fabry, the General Technical Director of Rossum's Universal Robots.