R.U.R. (Rossum's Universal Robots) A Fantastic Melodrama in Three Acts and an Epilogue

ACT ONE

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_Furniture_: 1 Desk. 1 Hat rack. 1 Swivel chair. 4 Plain office chairs--high back. 2 Low back chairs. 1 Typewriter table. 1 Couch. Cushions on all seats. 2 Cabinets.

_Properties on_ DOMIN’S _desk_: Flowers. Box candy. 1 Pad and blotter. 1 Letter opener. 1 Cigarette box. 1 Inkwell stand. 1 Practical buzzer (6 buttons). 1 Television. 1 Rubber stamp. 1 Pad of scrap paper. Typewritten letters. Telephone.

_On Typewriter Table_: Bottle paste. Typewriter. Paper (for letters).

OFF STAGE

_Off_ R.: 1 Silver card tray (MARIUS). 1 Apron (BUSMAN). 1 Napkin (ALQUIST).

_Off_ L.: 1 Fountain pen (for BUSMAN). 1 Telephone buzzer. 1 Siren whistle.

ACTS TWO AND THREE

_Furniture_: 1 Desk table. 1 Reading table. 1 Small oval table. 1 Table back of couch. 1 Blue armchair. 1 Armchair. 2 Straight chairs. 1 Fireplace. 1 Couch. 4 Pillows. Lace curtains on windows.

PROPERTIES

_On Desk_: 1 Pair binoculars. 1 Turquoise lamp (shade). 1 Telephone (same as Act I.) 1 China double inkwell. 1 Pen. Writing paper and envelopes. 5 _French Reviews_. 2 _London Times_. 1 _Bystander_. 5 English magazines.

_On Table_ L.C.: 2 Book ends (wooden). 5 French novels. 1 Lamp (wooden) with shade.

_On Table_ R.C.: 1 Brass match box (containing matches).

_At Fireplace_: 1 Burnt paper in fireplace (tacked). Small Robot doll. 2 Browning guns. 1 Poker.

OFF STAGE

_Off_ L.: 1 Brass tray (with handles). On tray: 1 Glass decanter with “Cognac.” 4 Brandy glasses. 3 Pots of flowers (for DOMIN, FABRY, HALLEMEIER). 2 Manifesto (for FABRY and HELENA). 1 Fountain pen (BUSMAN). 1 Box with pearls (for DOMIN). 1 Box with cameo (for DOMIN). 1 Pair of glasses for NANA. 1 Revolver. Electric card and switch box (FABRY). Rope and stick to bind RADIUS. 1 Large ledger for BUSMAN. 2 Knives for ROBOTS. 1 Piano.

_Off_ R.: Bundle of old papers (manuscripts). 3 Newspapers. 1 Loaded revolver.

_In Cellar_: 1 Pad--shots. 2 Cannons (loaded). 1 Wind machine. 1 Shot gun (loaded). 1 Tin Whistle.

EPILOGUE

_Furniture_: 1 Plain table. 1 Small table. 3 Chairs (1 same as armchair in 2nd and 3rd Acts). Same furniture as Act I. 1 Wall cabinet.

_On Plain Table_ R.C.: 3 Books. 2 Anatomy books. Papers. 1 Pencil. 1 Student lamp. 1 Microscope with glass plate. 8 Test tubes in wooden stand.

_On Small Table_ L.C.: 4 Drug bottles. 2 Large glass test bottles. 1 Scalpel.

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LIGHT PLOT

The foots consist of two sections numbering from Left to Right, 1 and 2 amber, blue and white. The first border consists of eleven 250-watt baby spots, placed about one and a half feet apart and numbered from 7 to 17.

Overhead X-rays consist of three sections containing the mediums: Blue, steel-blue, and frost.

At stage Left and up stage are 2 1000-watt baby spots on permanent stand.

At stage Right and up stage are 3 500-watt baby spots on permanent stands.

Back stage illumination consists of 5 1000-watt bunch lights hanging blue, and 5 1000-watt bunch lights hanging frost.

Off stage Left and up stage is a low stand lamp, 1000-watt amber.

Back stage on floor are 2 1000 bunch floor lamps of 1000-watt each to illuminate the back drop.

In Epilogue a Linnebach lamp (arc with glass slide) to throw silhouette of factory on back drop.

There are three practical table lamps.

In Act III a shaded reading lamp.

In Epilogue a desk lamp and a goose-neck.

There is a 1000 amber on red spot in fireplace to be used in Act II.

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LIGHT CUES