Editing R.U.R. (section)

== Adaptations ==
* On 11 February 1938, a 35-minute adaptation of a section of the play was broadcast on [[BBC One|BBC Television]] — the first piece of [[science fiction on television|television science-fiction]] ever to be broadcast. Some low quality stills have survived, although no recordings of the production are known to exist.<ref name="r.u.r.">{{cite book |last=Telotte |first=J. P. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cFQicvXd5bwC&q=RUR+BBC+first+television+science+fiction&pg=PA210 |title=The essential science fiction television reader |publisher=University Press of Kentucky |year=2008 |isbn=978-0-8131-2492-6 |page=210 |author-link=Jay Telotte |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170313074341/https://books.google.com/books?id=cFQicvXd5bwC&pg=PA210&lpg=PA210&dq=RUR+BBC+first+television+science+fiction#v=onepage&q=RUR%20BBC%20first%20television%20science%20fiction&f=false |archive-date=13 March 2017 |url-status=live |df=dmy-all}}</ref> In 1948, another television adaptation &ndash; this time of the entire play, running to 90 minutes — was broadcast by the BBC, with Radius played by [[Patrick Troughton]]. Although some photographs exist, no audio or visual recordings of this production survive.<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=27 February 1948 |title=R.U.R. (Rossum's Universal Robots) |url=http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/65ea4620936a4e28ae52d3ab6ed3aca6 |magazine=[[Radio Times]] |language=en-GB |issue=1272 |pages=27 |issn=0033-8060 |access-date=9 February 2018}}</ref>
* [[BBC Radio]] has broadcast a number of productions, including a 1927 [[2LO]] London version,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/2fdec713d68741eeb24d32c01e5bc607|title=R.U.R.|website=BBC Programme Index|date=27 May 1927 |language=en|access-date=7 June 2022}}</ref> a 1933 [[BBC Regional Programme]] version,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/dee9972db0fa487bb1e5858da490b8c0|title= 'R.U.R'|website=BBC Programme Index|date= 13 July 1933|language=en|access-date=7 June 2022}}</ref> a 1941 [[BBC Home Service]] version,<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/c6d3d894a6dc435c85f630c46f12dd7b|title= R.U.R.|website=BBC Programme Index |date= 21 September 1941|language=en|access-date=7 June 2022}}</ref> and a 1946 [[BBC Home Service]] version,.<ref>{{cite web| url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/1256c5c1f09b4b38b3848afff57c4923|title=Saturday Night Theatre: Winifred Shotter and Laidmnan Browne in 'R.U.R.'|website=BBC Programme Index|date=16 February 1946 |language=en|access-date=7 June 2022}}</ref> [[BBC Radio 3]] dramatised the play again in 1989,<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/2339d2503d224644a310d126282e7bdc |title=The Friday Play: RUR (Rossum's Universal Robots) |website=BBC Programme Index |date=3 March 1989 |language=en |access-date=6 June 2022}}</ref> and this version has been released commercially.  A light-hearted 2-part musical adaptation was broadcast on April 3 and 10, 2022, on [[BBC Radio 4]], with story by Robert Hudson and music by Susannah Pearse; the second episode continues the story after all humans have been killed and the robots now have emotions.<ref>{{cite web |title=Rossom's Universal Robots |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00161rf |publisher=BBC |date=8 April 2022|access-date=10 April 2022}}</ref>
* The [[Hollywood Theater of the Ear]] dramatized an unabridged audio version of ''R.U.R.'', which is available on the collection ''[[2000X|2000<sup>x</sup>: Tales of the Next Millennia]].''<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.irasov.com/audiography.htm |title=2000<sup>x</sup>: Tales of the Next Millennia |access-date=29 July 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130510110115/http://www.irasov.com/audiography.htm |archive-date=10 May 2013 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |title=2000X: Tales of the Next Millennia |isbn = 1-57453-530-7 }}</ref>
* In August 2010, Portuguese [[multi-media]] artist [[Leonel Moura]]'s ''R.U.R.: The Birth of the Robot'', inspired by the Čapek play, was performed at Itaú Cultural in [[São Paulo, Brazil]]. It utilized actual robots on stage interacting with the human actors.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.emocaoartficial.org.br/en/category/topmenu/programacao/ |title=Itaú Cultural: Emoção Art.ficial "2010 Schedule" |access-date=6 August 2013 |archive-date=30 June 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170630234048/http://www.emocaoartficial.org.br/en/category/topmenu/programacao/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* Director [[James Kerwin]]'s 1960s-style short film ''R.U.R.: Genesis'' — starring [[Chase Masterson]] and [[Kipleigh Brown]] and loosely based upon the Čapek play—was shot in 2013. After playing on the festival circuit, the film screened at Cafe Neu Romance in [[Prague]] in 2015 and was released on [[Amazon Prime Video]] and [[YouTube]].<ref name="Geek Tyrant">{{Cite web |url=https://geektyrant.com/news/fun-1960s-retro-sci-fi-action-short-rur-genesis |title=Geek Tyrant |date=28 April 2014 |access-date=3 November 2024 }}</ref>
* An electro-rock musical, ''Save the Robots'' is based on ''R.U.R.'', featuring the music of the New York City [[pop-punk]] [[art-rock]] band Hagatha.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://savetherobotsthemusical.com/ |title=Save the Robots the Musical Summary |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714170656/http://savetherobotsthemusical.com/ |archive-date=14 July 2014 }}</ref> This version with book and adaptation by E. Ether, music by Rob Susman, and lyrics by Clark Render was an official selection of the 2014 [[New York Musical Theatre Festival]] season.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.nymf.org/tickets/2014-events/save-robots/ |title=Save the Robots: NYMF Developmental Reading Series 2014 |access-date=13 June 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140617043951/http://nymf.org/tickets/2014-events/save-robots/ |archive-date=17 June 2014 }}</ref>
* On 26 November 2015 ''The RUR-Play: Prologue'', the world's first version of ''R.U.R.'' with robots appearing in all the roles, was presented during the robot performance festival of Cafe Neu Romance at the gallery of the [[National Library of Technology]] in [[Prague]].<ref name=prologue>{{Cite web|url=http://cafe-neu-romance.com/press-media/cnr-2015/the-rur-play|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160403120810/http://cafe-neu-romance.com/press-media/cnr-2015/the-rur-play|url-status=dead|title=Cafe Neu Romance – CNR 2015: Live: Vive Les Robots (DNK): The RUR-Play: Prologue|archive-date=3 April 2016|website=cafe-neu-romance.com|access-date=20 May 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://kultura.zpravy.idnes.cz/roboti-hraji-r-u-r-0zt-/divadlo.aspx?c=A151127_095236_divadlo_ts|title=VIDEO: Poprvé bez lidí. Roboti zcela ovládli Čapkovu hru R.U.R.|website=iDNES.cz|date=27 November 2015|access-date=19 March 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160326091652/http://kultura.zpravy.idnes.cz/roboti-hraji-r-u-r-0zt-/divadlo.aspx?c=A151127_095236_divadlo_ts|archive-date=26 March 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/Czech-Rep-Robots/c9f609cdcde5d97af8d5e8448256121d|title=Entertainment Czech Republic Robots {{!}} AP Archive|website=www.aparchive.com|access-date=19 March 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160329142949/http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/Czech-Rep-Robots/c9f609cdcde5d97af8d5e8448256121d|archive-date=29 March 2016}}</ref> The concept and initiative for the play came from Christian Gjørret, leader of "Vive Les Robots!" <ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.radio.cz/en/section/arts/christian-gjorret-on-robot-performance-festival-cafe-neu-romance |title = Christian Gjørret on robot & performance festival Café Neu Romance|date = 4 December 2015}}</ref> who, on 29 January 2012, during a meeting with Steven Canvin of LEGO Group, presented the proposal to Lego, that supported the piece with the LEGO MINDSTORMS robotic kit. The robots were built and programmed by students from the R.U.R team from Gymnázium Jeseník. The play was directed by Filip Worm and the team was led by Roman Chasák, both teachers from the Gymnázium Jeseník.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.idnes.cz/kultura/divadlo/roboti-hraji-r-u-r.A151127_095236_divadlo_ts |title=VIDEO: Poprvé bez lidí. Roboti zcela ovládli Čapkovu hru R.U.R.|website=iDNES.cz|date=27 November 2015}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.jestyd.cz/clanek.php?ID_clanky=753 |title=Gymnázium Jeseník si zapsalo jedinečné světové prvenství v historii robotiky i umění|website=jestyd.cz}}</ref>
* On 28 May 2022, Toronto's [[Tapestry Opera]] premiered ''R.U.R. (A Torrent of Light)'', composed by [[Nicole Lizée]] with a libretto by [[Nicolas Billon]]. The opera went on to win 6 [[Dora Mavor Moore Awards]] and the 2023 [[Music Critics Association of North America Award for Best New Opera]].<ref name="Brodie 2023">{{Cite web|url=https://classicalvoiceamerica.org/2023/06/19/torrent-of-light-tale-of-ai-threat-captures-best-new-opera-prize/#:~:text=A+Torrent+of+Light,+winner,Award+for+Best+New+Oper|title=‘A Torrent Of Light,’ Tale Of Rising AI Peril, Wins Critics’ New Opera Prize &#124; Classical Voice North America|first=Susan|last=Brodie|date=June 20, 2023}}</ref>
* On 21 June 2024 an adaptation of the play was staged in Australia at [[Phoenix Theatre, Coniston]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.instagram.com/p/C8Y-XaxpPET/?img_index=1 | title=Instagram }}</ref> The adaptation leaned into the science fiction inspiration it gave, with the scripts alteration containing over 100 references to popular sci-fi franchises otherwise inspired by ''R.U.R.'' The play is available to watch on [[YouTube]].
* In 2024, Australian filmmaker [[Alex Proyas]] began filming a [[R.U.R. (film)|feature film]] musical adaptation of the play.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Proyas |first=Alex |title=RUR day 1 |url=https://www.instagram.com/p/DBo_nMBTuvL/ |website=Instagram}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=R.U.R |url=https://www.mojo.film/rur |website=MoJo Global Arts}}</ref>
* A separate adaptation is being developing by [[James Kerwin]], who previously created the short film ''R.U.R.: Genesis''.<ref name="Geek Tyrant"/><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.rurfilm.com |title=R.U.R. website |access-date=3 November 2024 }}</ref>