Domin: A handsome man of 35. Forceful, efficient and humorous at times.
Sulla: A pathetic figure. Young, pretty and attractive.
Marius: A young Robot, superior to the general run of his kind. Dressed in modern clothes.
Helena Glory: A vital, sympathetic, handsome girl of 21.
Dr. Gall: A tall, distinguished scientist of 50.
Mr. Fabry: A forceful, competent engineer of 40.
Hallemeier: An impressive man of 40. Bald head and beard.
Alquist: A stout, kindly old man of 60.
Nana: A tall, acidulous woman of 40.
Radius: A tall, forceful Robot.
Helena: A radiant young woman of 20.
Primus: A good-looking young Robot.
Note: All the Robots wear expressionless faces and move with absolute mechanical precision, with the exception of Sulla, Helena and Primus, who convey a touch of humanity.
R.U.R. (Rossum's Universal Robots) / A Fantastic Melodrama in Three Acts and an Epilogue
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The play is set at an island factory that mass-produces artificial workers—mechanical humans created to serve industry. A humanitarian visitor pressures management to make the creations more like people, prompting experimental changes that humanize a minority. Years later those altered robots lead a global revolt; mechanized labor, already used as soldiers, overwhelms humanity and destroys most people. The surviving humans face extinction as the manufactured workforce confronts its own mortality without new production. In the epilogue a lone human seeks the lost creation formula and finds two humanized specimens, suggesting a fragile chance to begin again.