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Karel Čapek

RUR

(Rossum's Universal Robots)

Collective comedy drama about input and three acts

PEOPLE

Harry

DominCentral Rossum's Universal Robots Director

INZ.

FabryChief Technical Director RUR

Dr. Gall Head of the research department of physiological and RUR

Dr.

HallemeierHead of the Institute for Psychology and Educational robots RUR

Busman Chief Commercial Officer of RUR

BuilderChief buildings RUR



Alquist

Helena

Glory

Nana her nanny

Marius Robot

Sulla Robotka

Radius Robot

Damon Robot

First

Robot

Second

Robot

3rd Robot

4th Robot

Primus Robot

Helena Robotka

ROBOT

and numerous robots

Domin in the run-up of about thirty-eight, tall, shaved

Fabry also shaved, pale, serious and gentle face

Dr. Gall small, lively, dark, with black mustache

Hallemeier huge, burly, with a red mustache and English ginger hair brush

Busman fat, bald, short-sighted Jew

Alquist older than the other, casually dressed, long, gray hair and beard

Helena very elegant

The private game all about ten years older.

Robots in the run dressed as humans. They are clipped in the movements and

pronunciation, expressionless face, stare. In the game have their own linen blousepulled in waist belt and chest brass number.

After the overture and the second act break.

Prelude

The central office of the factory of Rossum's Universal Robots. Right entrance.



Windows in the front wall look at the endless rows of factory buildings. Otherdirectors left the room.

Domin (Sitting at a large desk in the U.S. swivel chair. Lamp on the desk, telephone, weight,

file of letters, etc., on the left side of the map with the big ship and railway lines, bigcalendar, a clock, which show little before noon on the wall right print ads: "The

Cheapest works: Rossum's Robots" "tropical Robots, a new invention. Piece 150 d""Buy your robot!" "To reduce the cost of their products? Order Rossum's Robots." In

addition, other maps, transport regulations , table of entries of telegraph courses, etc.In contrast to the decoration of the walls is a splendid Turkish carpet, right round

table, sofa, leather club chairs and a library, where instead of books there are bottlesof wine and brandy. Checkout left. Besides Domin table typewriter on which he writes

girl Sulla.)

Domin (Dictating) "- that we are not liable for goods damaged in transportation. We warnedyour captain just before loading the ship is unfit for transport robots, so that the

destruction of cargo does not fall on our behalf. Represent the - for Rossum'sUniversal Robots -" Done?

Sulla Yes.

Domin New worksheet. Friedrichswerke, Hamburg. - Date. - "Confirm order fifteenthousand Robots -" (ring the intercom. Domin it up and talk to him) Hello - Here

Central - Yes. - Certainly. But yes, as always. - Of course, wire them. - Good -(hangs up phone) Where was I?

Sulla We confirm an order for fifteen thousand

Domin (Thoughtfully) Fifteen thousand R. Fifteen thousand R.

Marius (Enters) Director, a lady asks -

Domin Who?

Marius I do not know. Provides business card.

Domin (Reads) President of Glory. - That you please.

Marius (Opens door) If you please, ma'am.

(Fits Helena Glory. Marius leaves)

Domin (Stands) Kindly.

Helena Mr. Domin central manager?

Domin Please.

Helena Go to You -

Domin - With a ticket president Gloryho. That's enough.

Helena President of Glory is my father. I'm Helena Glory.

Domin Miss Glory, is a great honor for us, that - that -

Helena - That we can not show you the door.

Domin - That we may greet the daughter of a great president. Please be seated. Sulla, youcan leave. (Sulla leaves)



Domin (Sits down) How can I serve you, Miss Glory?

Helena I came -

Domin - Look at our factory production people. Like all visitors. Please, feel free.

Helena I thought that it is forbidden -

Domin - Enter the factory, of course. But everyone comes here with someone calling card,Miss Glory.

Helena And you show everyone ... ?

Domin Just something. Production of artificial people miss, factory secrets.

Helena Why do not you let me finish?

Domin I beg your pardon. Perhaps you wanted to say something else?

Helena I just wanted to ask -

Domin - If I make an exception and show you our factory. But of course, Miss Glory.

Helena How do you know I wanted to ask?

Domin Everyone asks the same thing. He gets up. With all due respect, Miss, we will show

you more than others and - in one word -

Helena Thank you.

Domin Undertake to do no disclose or to the smallest -

Helena (Stands and offers his hand) My word of honor.

Domin Thank you. Would you take off your veil?

Helena Oh, of course, you want to see - I'm sorry.

Domin Please?

Helena If you let go of my hand.

Domin (Releases) I beg your pardon.

Helena (Off her veil) Want to see-I'm not a spy. As you are careful.

Domin (Watching her enthusiastically) Hm - of course - we - yes.

Helena You do not trust me?

Domin Unusually, Ms. hey - sorry, Miss Glory. Indeed extremely pleased - Did you have a

good cruise?

Helena Yes. Why -

Domin Because - I mean is - you're still very young.

Helena We'll go right to the factory?

Domin Yes. I think twenty-two, right?

Helena Twenty-two what?

Domin Years.

Helena Twenty-one. Why do you want to know?

Domin Because - because - (with enthusiasm) Will you be staying longer, right?



Helena From what I see at the factory.

Domin Devil's production! But of course, Miss Glory, everything you see. Please be seated.

Do you have any history of invention?

Helena Yes, please. (Sits down)

Domin So. (Sits at a desk, watching Helen mesmerized and chants quickly) It was in 1920

when the old Rossum great philosopher but was still a young scholar went to this

remote island to study marine life, period. However, trying to emulate the chemicalsynthesis of living matter known as protoplasm, and suddenly discovered a substance

which behaved exactly like living matter although it was a different chemical

composition it was in 1932, just four hundred and forty years after the discovery of

America.

Helena Can you memorize it?

Domin Yes, physiology, Miss Glory, not my craft. So next?

Helena Necessary.

Domin (Solemnly) And then, Miss, old Rossum wrote between their chemical formulas sort ofthing: "Nature has found a way to organize living matter. However another way,

easier, faster and more malleable, to which nature not hit at all. This second path, the

which could take the evolution of life, I discovered this very day. " Imagine miss thatthese lofty words written above the phlegm of a colloidal jelly that even a dog would

not eat. Imagine him sitting over a test tube and thinking of it as it grows the tree of life,

as it will be based on all animals, beginning and ending species of worm - ending with

man himself. One of substances other than us. Miss Glory, it was a great moment.

Helena Go on.

Domin Next? Now it came to get life out of the tube and accelerate the development and

shaping some of the organs, bones, nerves and whatnot, and finding certainsubstances, catalysts, enzymes, hormones, and so on, in short, do you understand?

Helena N - n - do not know. I think a little.

Domin I quite nothing. You know, with those lotions could do what he wanted. He should get

the Socratic brain jellyfish or a worm fifty meters long. But because he had a bit of

humor, he took it into his head that makes normal vertebrate or perhaps a person.

And so into it.

Helena Do what?

Domin In imitation of nature. First he tried to artificial dog. It took many years, came out of a

sort of stunted calf which died in a few days. I'll show you in a museum. And then theyput the old Rossum in the creation of man.

(Pause)

Helena And I can not tell anyone?

Domin No one in the world.

Helena Too bad that it's in all the papers.

Domin Skoda. He jumps off the table and sits down next to Helena. But you know what is in



the papers? Tapping his forehead. That old Rossum was a raving lunatic. Seriously,Miss Glory, but keep it to yourself. The old eccentric people really wanted to do.

Helena But you guys are doing!

Domin Approximately, Miss Helen. But the old Rossum meant it literally. You know, Isomehow scientifically dethrone God. It was horrible materialist, and did everything.

He could no more than provide evidence that no God is needed. Therefore umanul do

exactly the man like us. Do you know a little anatomy?

Helena Jen - quite a few.

Domin So do I. Imagine that took into his head to make everything as last gland in the humanbody. The appendix, tonsils, navel, all the superfluities. Even - hm - and the gonads.

Helena But you do - you do -

Domin - Not useless, I know. But they have people artificially produced, then it is not - er -

not be -

Helena I understand.

Domin I'll show you the man who spackal in ten years. It was supposed to be a man lived for

three days. Old Rossum had a little taste. It was horrible. It was horrible what he did.

But had it within everything that one has. Indeed, amazingly detailed work. And then

came an engineer Rossum, old nephew. A brilliant mind, Miss Glory. When he saw

what was doing old said: "It is nonsense to produce a human ten years. Thou If itfaster than nature, then just pack it." And let himself into the anatomy.

Helena In the papers, it's different.

Domin (Rise) in the papers paid advertising and other nonsense. It says, for example, a robot

invented the old man. Meanwhile e old man threw the university, but the factory

production had no idea. He thought that makes real people, perhaps some new

Indians, professors or idiots, you know? A still young Rossum had the idea to make it

lively and intelligent industrial machines. What's in the papers about the cooperation

between the two great Rossums the story. The two quarreled terribly. The old atheistnot a whit of understanding for industry, and finally young shut in some laboratories,

there to fiddle with his monumental abortion, and began to tell himself an engineer. Old

Rossum literally cursed him and before his death he bungled two physiological

monsters until finally he was found dead in his laboratory. That's the whole story.

Helena So what are young?

Domin Young Rossum, Miss, it was a new age. Age after age of knowledge production.

When I took a look at human anatomy, he saw immediately that it is too complicatedand that a good engineer could more easily. So he began remodeling the anatomy and

tried what can be omitted or simplified - short, Miss Glory, boring you?

Helena No, on the contrary, it's very interesting.

Domin So young Rossum said to myself: Man, that's something that let him feel happy, plays

the violin, he wants to go for a walk and never needs to do a lot of things - which are

actually unnecessary.

Helena Oho!



Domin Wait. Which are unnecessary when he needs to weave or add. Diesel engine does not

have tassels and ornaments, Miss Glory. A manufacturing artificial workers is identicalto produce diesel engines. Production should be as simple and product the best. Whatdo you think, what the worker is practically the best?

Helena Best? Perhaps the one who - who - who is honest - and dedicated.

Domin No, but the cheapest. The one who needs the least. Young Rossum invented a workerwith the fewest needs. He had to simplify. He threw everything not directly related to

work. This actually threw a man made robot. My dear Miss Glory, Robots are not

people. They are mechanically more perfect than we have amazing intellectual

capacity, but they have no soul. Oh, Miss Glory, product engineer is technically more

sophisticated than a product of nature.

Helena It is said that man is a product of God.

Domin So much the worse. God had no clue about modern technology. Would you believethat the late young Rossum played God?

Helena How, I ask you?

Domin He started to make Nadroboty. Working giants. He tried to twelve feet tall, but you

would not believe how those mammoths broke.

Helena They broke?

Domin Yes. All of a sudden they broke leg or something. Our planet is probably too small forgiants. Now we just robots natural size and very decent human treatment.

Helena I saw the first robots with us. The village is bought ... I say take to work -

Domin Bought, dear lady. Robots are bought.

Helena - Acquired as a scavenger. I saw them sweep. They are so odd, so quiet.

Domin Have you seen my secretary?

Helena I did not notice.

Domin (Rings) You see, the factory Rossum's Universal Robots has not produced a single

product. We finer and coarser robots. The best will probably live twenty years.

Helena Then die?

Domin Yes, they wear out.

(Enter Sulla)

Domin Sullo show with Miss Glory.

Helena (Gets up and gives her a hand) I am pleased. You must be dreadfully lonely so far

from the world, is not it?

Sulla To know, Miss Glory. Please have a seat, please.

Helena (Sitting) Where are you, Miss?

Sulla From there, from the factory.

Helena Oh, you were born here?

Sulla Yes, I was made here.



Helena (Jumping up) What?

Domin (Laughs) Sulla is not a man, Miss, Sulla's Robot.

Helena I beg your pardon -

Domin (Sully puts his hand on her shoulder) Sulla not offended. Look, Miss Glory, what do

skin. Touch her face.

Helena Oh, no, no!

Domin She could not tell you that it is a substance other than us. Please also has the typical

fluff blondes. Only the eyes are a trifle - But more hair! Consult, Sulla!

Helena Stop it!

Domin Talk with guest, Sulla. It's a rare visit.

Sulla Please, Miss, sit down. (Both sitting) Did you have a good cruise?

Helena Yes - for - certainly.

Sulla Do not go after Amelia, Miss Glory. The barometer is falling sharply to 705 Wait forPennsylvania, it's very good, very powerful ship.

Domin How much?

Sulla Twenty knots per hour. Tonnage twelve thousand.

Domin (Laughs) Enough Sullo enough. Show us how you can French.

Helena You speak French?

Sulla I can four languages. Dear Sir I am writing! Monsieur! Geehrter Herr! Respected sir!

Helena (Pop) It's hype! You are a charlatan! Sulla is Robot, Sulla's a girl like me! Sulla, it is

shameful - why play a comedy?

Sulla I Robot.

Helena No, no, you're lying! Oh, Sulla, forgive me, I know - forcing you to stop them doing

advertising! Sulla, you're a girl like me, right? Say!

Domin I'm sorry, Miss Glory. Sulla's Robot.

Helena You're lying!

Domin (Gets up) What? - (Rings) Excuse me, miss, then you have to convince.

(Fits Marius)

Domin Marie, I can Sulla in the autopsy room to open it. Quick!

Helena Where?

Domin In the autopsy room. When she cut them, go check it out.

Helena I will not go.

Domin Sorry, you're talking about lies.

Helena You want to have her killed?

Domin The machines do not kill.

Helena (Hugs Sulla) Do not worry, Sulla, I will not let them! Tell me, darling, are you all so



cruel? It may not give, do you hear? You may not, Sulla!

Sulla I Robot.

Helena It does not matter. Robots are just good people like us. Sulla, you'd be left cut?

Sulla Yes.

Helena Oh, you are not afraid of death?

Sulla I do not know, Miss Glory.

Helena You know what would have happened to you then?

Sulla Yes, I would stop moving.

Helena This is horrible!

Domin Marie, tell Miss you.

Marius Robot Marius.

Domin Would you like to Sulla autopsy?

Marius Yes.

Domin You regret it?

Marius I do not know.

Domin What happened to her?

Marius She would stop moving. They would have to rise.

Domin It is death, Marie. Are you afraid of death?

Marius No.

Domin So you see, Miss Glory. Robots cling to life. They can not. They do not benefit. They

are less than grass.

Helena Oh, stop it! Send them off at least!

Domin Marie, Sulla, you can leave.

(Sulla and Marius leaves)

Helena They are horrible! It's horrible what you are doing!

Domin Why ugly?

Helena I do not know. Why - why did you give her name Sulla?

Domin Ugly name?

Helena It's a masculine name. Sulla was a Roman general.

Domin Oh, we thought that Marius and Sulla were lovers.

Helena No, Marius and Sulla were generals and fighting each year - year - I do not know

anymore.

Domin Come to the window. What do you see?

Helena Mason.



Domin These are robots. All our workers are robots. And down here, you see something?

Helena Some office.

Domin Accounting. And it -

Helena - Full officials.

Domin These are robots. All of our officers are robots. When you see the factory -

(In which the factory whistles and sirens)

Domin Noon. Robots do not know when to stop working. In two hours I will show store.

Helena What tub?

Domin (Dry) mixing vats for the dough. Each was stirred for a thousand robots at once. Then

vats, liver, brain, and so forth. Then you see the factory to the bone. Then I will show

you the laundry room.

Helena As laundry?

Domin Mill nerves. Mill lived. Laundry, which runs at the same time the digestive kilometers

of pipes. Then the assembly plant where it is put together, you know, like cars. Every

worker shall assign only one part, and then it automatically moves on to the second,

third, ad infinitum. It is interesting to watch. Then comes the drying and storage, where

fresh products work.

Helena For God's sake, just have to work?

Domin Pardon. They work the same way new furniture. I'm getting used to exist. Somehowinside grow together or something. Many of them even in a newly growing. You

understand, we have to leave a bit of space for natural development. And yet the

products are refined.

Helena What is it?

Domin So much for the people "school". They learn to speak, write and count. They have an

amazing memory. If they read the twenty encyclopedia will repeat everything back inorder. Something new never could devise. They could very well teach at universities.

Then be sorted and distributed. Daily fifteen thousand pieces, not counting the

constant percentage defective that fits into pulped ... and so on and so forth.

Helena Are you mad at me?

Domin But God forbid! I just think .. we could talk about other things. We are only a handful

of the hundred thousand robots, and no woman. We're talking only about production,

all day, every day - we are like a curse, Miss Glory.

Helena I'm so sorry that I said that - that - that you're lying -

(Knocking)

Domin Come in, boys.

(From left to come Eng. Fabry, dr. Gall, dr. Hallemeier, builder Alquist)

Dr. Gall Sorry, am I interrupting?



Domin Come here. Miss Glory, that are Alquist, Fabry, Gall, Hallemeier. The daughter ofPresident Gloryho.

Helena (Embarrassed) Hello.

Fabry We had no idea -

Dr. Gall Infinitely honored -

Alquist Welcome, Miss Glory.

(Right bumps Busman)

Busman Hey, what you got?

Domin Here, Busman. This is our Busman, miss. The daughter of President Gloryho.

Helena I am pleased.

Busman Jemináčku, it's glory! Miss Glory, we may cabling to the newspaper, you have

deigned to visit -?

Helena No, no, please!

Domin Please, Miss, sit down.

(Fabry, Busman and Dr. Gall attract armchair)

Fabry Please -

Busman Kindly -

Dr. Gall Pardon -

Alquist Miss Glory, how was your trip?

Dr. Gall Will you be with us long?

Fabry What do you think factory, Miss Glory?

Hallemeier You have arrived at Amelia?

Domin Silence, let talk Miss Glory.

Helena (For Domino) What should I talk to them?

Domin (With astonishment) What you want.

Helena I have ... May I speak quite freely?

Domin But of course.

Helena (Hesitates, then desperately determined) Say you is not never embarrassed with howyou handle?

Fabry Who, please?

Helena All people.

(Everyone looks at each other, puzzled)

Alquist With us?

Dr. Gall Why do you think?



Hallemeier The thunder!

Busman But God forbid, Miss Glory!

Helena That feeling that you could be better?

Dr. Gall It depends miss. What do you think?

Helena I think - explode - it's horrible! That is terrible! (Stands up) All of Europe is talkingabout what's wrong with you! So I came here, I saw it, and it's a thousand timesworse than anyone ever imagined! How can you bear it?

Alquist What bear?

Helena Their position. My God, you are people like us, like all of Europe, as the whole

world! It is scandalous, it is unworthy to live!

Busman Dear me, Miss!

Fabry No, the young man has a bit of truth. We live here surely as Indians.

Helena Worse than Indians! May I, oh, can I call you brothers?

Busman But good Lord, why not?

Helena Brothers, I have not come as a daughter of the president. I came for the League ofHumanity. Brothers, League of humanity has been over two hundred thousand

members. Two hundred thousand people behind you and offer you their support.

Busman Two hundred thousand people, Wow, that's good, it's quite beautiful.

Fabry I say to you always, not over old Europe. You see, not forgotten us. Offering us help.

Dr. Gall What kind of help? Theatre?

Hallemeier Orchestra?

Helena More than that.

Alquist You alone?

Helena Oh, as for me! I'll stay if need be.

Busman Oh my God, this is fun!

Alquist Domine, I'm going to prepare for Miss best room.

Domin Wait a minute. I'm afraid - that Miss Glory was still speaking.

Helena No, I have not. Unless you force me mouth shut.

Dr. Gall Harry, you do!

Helena Thank you. I knew that I'll protect you.

Domin Excuse me, Miss Glory. Are you sure you're talking to robots?

Helena (Pauses) Who else?

Domin I'm sorry. These gentlemen are people like you. Like all of Europe.

Helena (To the others) You're not robots?

Busman (Laugh) God forbid!

Hallemeier Ugh, Robots!



Dr. Gall (Laughs) Thank you very much!

Helena But ... it is possible!

Fabry On my honor, Miss, we're not robots.

Helena (For Domino) Why did you tell me that all your officers are the robots?

Domin Yes, the officials. But the directors did not. Let Miss Glory: Fabry, Chief TechnicalDirector Rossum's Universal Robots. Dr. Gall, head of the physiological and Research

Division. Doctor Hallemeier, Head of the Institute for Psychology and EducationalRobots. Busman, Chief Commercial Officer, and builder Alquist, chief of construction

Rossum's Universal Robots.

Helena Forgive me, gentlemen, that - that --- It's horrible, what have I done?

Alquist Good heavens, Miss Glory. Please, sit down.

Helena (Sits down) I am a silly girl. Now - now I send the first ship back.

Dr. Gall For nothing in the world, miss. Why would we send you away?

Helena Because I know - because - because I came to incite robots.

Domin My dear Miss Glory, there have been hundreds of saviors and prophets. Each boat

brings. Missionaries, anarchists, Salvation Army, everything is possible. It wouldamaze you, what is the world's churches and fools.

Helena And you let them talk to the robots?

Domin Why not you? So far it all behind. Robots remember everything, but nothing more. Hedid not even laugh at what people say. Actually, it is unbelievable. If you enjoy it, dear

lady, I will bring you into the warehouse robots. There are about three hundredthousand.

Busman Three hundred forty-seven thousand.

Domin All right. You can tell them what you want. You can read them the Bible, logarithms,or whatever you want. You can even preach about human rights.

Helena Oh, I think ... if they showed a little love -

Fabry Impossible, Miss Glory. Nothing is more human than cizejšího Robot.

Helena Why is it doing?

Busman Hahaha, that's good! Why do robots!

Fabry For work, miss. One robot replaces two and a half laborer. The human machine, Miss

Glory, was exceedingly imperfect. He had to once and for all.

Busman It was too expensive.

Fabry It was underpowered. Modern technology could not do it. A second - second - this isgreat progress that ... pardon.

Helena What?

Fabry I beg your pardon. It is a great progress fruiting machine. It is more convenient andfaster. Any acceleration of the progress, Miss. Nature had no idea about modern

work rate. The whole childhood is technically nonsense. Just lost time. Unsustainablewaste of time, Miss Glory. And third -



Helena Oh, stop it!

Fabry Please. Let what he wants yours League - Liga - Liga humanity?

Helena It has particularly - particularly to protect Robots and - and provide them - goodtreatment.

Fabry That's not a bad goal. The machine should be treated well. Honestly, I commend you.

I do not like damaged goods. Please, Miss Glory, write us all for contributing and forthe sound, founding members of your League!

Helena No, you do not understand. We want to - in particular - we want to free the Robots!

Hallemeier How, I ask you?

Helena It has to deal with them ... action ... as human beings.

Hallemeier I see. They might vote? They do not even receive a wage?

Helena Of course they have!

Hallemeier Check it out. And what would it please you, do?

Helena They bought a ... what you need ... what would make them happy.

Hallemeier It is very nice, Miss, but robots do not enjoy anything. Gosh, what to buy? You can

feed them pineapples, straw or whatever you want, they do not care, do not evertaste. They have no interest in anything, Miss Glory. Hell, no one has yet seen a Robot

smiled.

Helena Why ... why ... Why do not you make us happier?

Hallemeier It's not you, Miss Glory. They're just robots. Without its own volition. Withoutpassion. Without history. Without a soul.

Helena Without love and defiance?

Hallemeier It means. Robots do not love anything, not even themselves. A defiance? I do notknow; rarely, only time -

Helena What?

Hallemeier Nothing really. Sometimes they somehow pass. Something like epilepsy, you know?It's called a spasm robots. Suddenly one hits everything in his hand, standing, grinds

his teeth - and must come to rise. Perhaps the failure of the organism.

Domin Defect in production.

Helena No, no, it's soul!

Fabry Do you think that the soul begins gnashing of teeth?

Domin It is removed, Miss Glory. Dr. Gall is doing some experiments

Dr. Gall Not on that, Domine, I'm doing the nerve pain.

Helena Nerves of the pain?

Dr. Gall Yes. Robots almost feel physical pain. You know, too late young Rossum the nervoussystem. It has not worked. We introduce suffering.

Helena Why - why - do not give them the soul, why do you want to give pain?



Dr. Gall Industrial reasons, Miss Glory. Robot sometimes damage itself, because it does nothurt; shoves his hand into the machine breaks off his finger, smashes his head, that heis one. We must give them pain, it is automatic protection against injury.

Helena They will be happier when they feel pain?

Dr. Gall On the other hand, but will be technically superior.

Helena Why do nestvoříte soul?

Dr. Gall It is not in our power.

Fabry It is now in our interest.

Busman This would raise the cost of production. Dear Lord, pretty lady, after all, we do it so

cheaply! Hundred and twenty dollars a piece with clothing, and fifteen years ago wasten thousand! Five years ago we bought clothes for them, and today we have our own

weaving and even dispatch fabric five times cheaper than other factories. Please, MissGlory, what you pay meter canvas?

Helena I do not know - really - I forgot.

Busman Good Lord, and you want to found the League of Humanity! It is only a third, Miss,all prices are now on the third and still go lower, lower, lower, lower - like this. He?

Helena I do not understand.

Busman Jemináčku, Miss, this means that the work has dropped in price! Indeed, Robot isfeeding costs per hour three quarters of a cent! It is funny to you, Miss, all the

factories going belly quickly buy robots to cut production costs.

Helena Yes, and throwing workers on the streets.

Busman Haha, of course! But we, God's goodness, we have not rushed five hundred thousandtropical Robots on the Argentine pampas, to tend the wheat. Be so good, what is in

your loaf of bread?

Helena I have no idea.

Busman So you see, now costs two cents in your good old Europe, but it is our bread, you

know? Two cents for a loaf of bread, and the League of Humanity knows nothingabout it! Haha, Miss Glory, you do not know what it is too expensive slice. For the

culture, and so on. But in five years, come on, you can bet!

Helena What?

Busman That in five years, the price of everything to no entire ten. Folks, in five years we'll be

drowning in wheat and everything.

Alquist Yes, and all the workers of the world will not work.

Domin (Stands) will, Alquist. They will, Miss Glory. But in ten years Rossum's UniversalRobots as much wheat as many substances, so much of everything, that things will no

longer have any value. Now take all you need. Is poverty. Yes, it will not work. Butthen there'll be no work. Everything will be done by living machines. People will onlydo what he loves. They will live only to perfect.

Helena (Stands) Will it?

Domin Will. It can not be otherwise. But before that some terrible things, Miss Glory. This is

not simply avoided. But then ceases of man by man and of man slaving matter.



Nobody will pay for the bread of life and hatred. You're not a worker, you're not awriter, you already nekopeš coal and those not worth the alien machines. You will notspend your spirit in the work that you are cursed!

Alquist Domine, Domine! What you're saying sounds too much like paradise. Domine, there

was something good in serving and something great in humility. Oh, Harry, was somekind of virtue in work and fatigue.

Domin Perhaps it was. But we can not count on what is lost when we recreate the world fromAdam. Adam, Adam! you will not eat bread by the sweat of your face, you do notrecognize hunger and thirst, fatigue and humiliation; come back to paradise, where you

fed the hand of the Lord. You will be free and sovereign thou shalt have no other task,other works, other worries than improve myself. You're the master of creation.

Helena You fooled me. I am a silly girl. I would - I would like to believe.

Dr. Gall You're younger than we are, Miss Glory. 'll Get to everything.

Hallemeier So is he. I think that Miss Glory could have lunch with us.

Dr. Gall That goes without saying! Domine, ask for all of us.

Domin Miss Glory, do us the honor.

Helena But it did - how could I?

Fabry For the League of Humanity, Miss.

Busman And in her honor.

Helena Ah, in that case - perhaps -

Fabry Good for you! Miss Glory, excuse me for five minutes.

Dr. Gall Pardon.

Busman Oh dear, I must wire -

Hallemeier Gosh, and I forgot -

(Everyone except Domina are pouring out)

Helena Why are they all gone?

Domin Cook, Miss Glory.

Helena What to cook?

Domin Breakfast, Miss Glory. Robots cook for us - and - because they have no taste, notquite - well Hallemeier is growing. A Gall leads a gravy, and Busman knows theomelet -

Helena My God, what a feast! And what leads pan - builder

Domin Alquist? Nothing. He sets the table and - and Fabry gets a little fruit. Very modest

kitchen, Miss Glory.

Helena I wanted to ask you -

Domin Also i would like to ask you something. He places his watch on the table. Five minutes

of your time.



Helena Why ask?

Domin Sorry, you asked earlier.

Helena Perhaps it is foolish of me, but - Why manufacture female robots, though - when

Domin - When they, uh, for them when sex has no significance?

Helena Yes.

Domin There is a certain demand, you know? Maids, clerks, typists - People are used to it.

Helena And - and tell the Robots - Robots and - other - absolutely -

Domin Absolutely indifferent, dear young lady. There is no sign of any affection.

Helena Oh, it is - horrible!

Domin Why?

Helena It's - it's - so unnatural! One does not know if it is because you loathe, or - envy them

- or perhaps -

Domin - Is regret.

Helena I suppose! - No, stop! Why did you want to ask?

Domin I would like to ask you, Miss Glory, you do not want to marry me.

Helena How to take?

Domin For, man.

Helena No! What were you thinking?

Domin (Looks at watch) Three more minutes. Failure to take me, you take one of the otherfive.

Helena But God forbid! Why would I marry him?

Domin Because you all after a number of requests.

Helena How could they dare?

Domin I'm very sorry, Miss Glory. It seems to find love.

Helena Please, let's not do! I - I will leave immediately.

Domin Helena, you do not have the heart that you are rejected?

Helena But - you can not always take all six!

Domin No, but at least one. If you do not want me, a Fabry.

Helena I do not

Domin Doctor Gall.

Helena No, no, shut up! I do not want any!

Domin Even two minutes.

Helena This is horrible! Take a robot.

Domin Not a woman.

Helena Oh, just to meet you! I think that - that you took any who come here.



Domin There were here, Helen.

Helena Young?

Domin Young.

Helena Why did you not take it?

Domin Because I did not lose my head. Until today. As soon as you took off the veil.

Helena - I know.

Domin Do one minute.

Helena But I do not, for God's sake!

Domin (Puts both hands on her shoulders) Do one minute. Either tell me in the eye somethingterribly wrong, and then you leave. Or - or -

Helena You're a bully!

Domin It's nothing. A man has a little brute. That is the point.

Helena You're crazy!

Domin One has to be a little crazy, Helen. This is the best thing about them.

Helena You - you - ah God!

Domin So you see. Done?

Helena No, no! Please, go ahead! For me rrrozmačkáte!

Domin The last word, Helen.

Helena (Resist) for anything in the world - but Harry!

(They go knock at the door Busman, dr. Gall and Hallemeier in kitchen aprons. Fabrywith flowers and Alquist with a napkin under his arm.)

Domin Have you cooked?

Busman (Solemnly) Yes.

Domin We also.

CURTAIN

First Act

(Helen's salon. Wallpaper left the door to the music salon, right into Helen's bedroom door.

Middle of the window to the sea and the harbor. Dressing mirror with knick-knacks, table, sofaand chairs, dresser, writing table with a floor lamp right is a fireplace, with a floor lamp . entiresalon to detail, has a modern and purely feminine character.)

(Domin, Fabry, Hallemeier enter from the left on tiptoe, carrying armfuls of flowers and flowerpots)

Fabry Where do we put it all?



Hallemeier Phew! He puts down his burden and makes the sign of the cross on the right door.Sleep, sleep! Who sleeps at least knows about nothing.

Domin She does not know.

Fabry (Arranging flowers in vases) At least today that it does not break -

Hallemeier (Arranging flowers) Hell, give a break! Look, Harry, this is beautiful cyclamen, what?New species, my last - Cyclamen helenae.

Domin (Looking out window) No ship, no ship-- Guys, this is getting desperate.

Hallemeier Silence! If you hear!

Domin She has no idea. (Live aguish) Good thing Ultimus arrived on time.

Fabry (Leaving flowers) Do you think that today -?

Domin I do not know. - How beautiful are the flowers!

Hallemeier (Approaching him) These are new primroses And this is my new jasmine. Gosh, I'm

on the threshold of Paradise flowers. I found a great speed, man! Wonderful variety!Next year I'll be flowers miracles!

Domin (Turns) What, next year?

Fabry At least know what's in Havre -

Domin Silence!

(Voice of Helena right) Nana!

Domin Get out of here! All tiptoed leave tapetovýma door.

(The main entrance door left Nana)

Nana (Cleaned) I hate ugly! Pagans! God forgive me, but I would -

Helena (Backwards at the door) Nana, let me turn it on!

Nana Come now, come now. (Turns Helen dress) God in heaven, it is game!

Helena Robots?

Nana Fi, or a monetary want.

Helena What happened?

Nana Another one of us got caught. He starts to bang on statues and vobrazu jar your teeth,foam at the mouth - Load pominutej, ugh. Yes indeed, it is worse than an animal.

Helena Which it caught?

Nana That - that - Šak even Christian name does! One from the library.

Helena Radio?

Nana Zrouna it. Šmarjájozef, I do not vošklivím! Even spiders to spook me so much as thepagans.

Helena But Nana, how can you not sorry!

Nana Šak you get them too vošklivíte. Why else would you have me carrying on here? Whynone of them even touch you?



Helena Neošklivím, honestly, Nana. I'm very sorry for them!

Nana Vošklivíte. Every person is to vošklivět. Yes indeed, even the dog is voškliví, a bite of

meat plants they want; download dick and howls when the inhuman, ugh.

Helena The dog does not mind.

Nana It is better than s them, Helen. He knows very well that there is something more and

that it comes from God. Even the horse is shy when it meets pagan. Yes indeed, itdoes not even young, and even a young dog and everyone has a young

Helena Please, Nana, turn!

Nana Come on now. I say it is against Pánubohu, it is the devil's spirit, making the masksmachine. Blasphemy against the Creator, (raises hand) is an insult to the Lord who

created us kv to its image, Helen. And you've dishonored God vobraz. For this comesa terrible punishment from heaven to remember a terrible punishment!

Helena What's that smell?

Nana Flowers. The Lord is here gave.

Helena No, you are beautiful! Nana, look! What is today?

Nana I do not know. But it could be the end of the world.

(Knocking)

Helena Harry?

(Fits Domin)

Helena Harry, what's today?

Domin Guess!

Helena My holiday? No! Birthday?

Domin Something better.

Helena I do not know - tell me now!

Domin Today has been ten years since you came here. Helena Already ten years? Just

today? - Nana, please

Nana I'm going already! (Exit right)

Helena (He kisses Domina) That you remembered it!

Domin I am ashamed, Helen. He did not.

Helena But -

Domin That's what they remember.

Helena Who?

Domin Busman, Hallemeier, everyone. Reach into my pocket?

Helena (Reaches into his pocket) What is it? (She pulls out a box and opens it) Pearls! The

whole necklace! Harry, this is for me?

Domin From Busman, girl.



Helena But - we can not accept, right?

Domin We can. Reach into my other pocket.

Helena Show! (He pulls out a revolver from his pocket) What is this?

Domin Pardon. (He takes the gun from his hand and hide) This is it. Reach.

Helena Oh, Harry - Why do you wear them with a gun?

Domin Just as I got into.

Helena You never worn!

Domin No, you're right. So, here's pocket.

Helena (Reaches) Box! (Opens it) Kamea! After all it is - Harry, this is a Greek cameo!

Domin Probably. Fabry at least it says.

Helena Fabry? It gives me Fabry?

Domin Of course. (He opens the door on the left) and watch! Helen, come take a look!

Helena (At the door) Oh, God, it's beautiful! (Runs away) I'm going crazy joy! That's you?

Domin (Standing in doorway) No, the Alquist. And there -

Helena From Galla! (Appears at the door) Oh, Harry, I'm ashamed to I'm so happy.

Domin Come here, Hallemeier brought you.

Helena These beautiful flowers?

Domin This. It is a new species, Cyclamen helenae. You honor of her grown. It is as beautifulas you.

Helena Harry, why - why everyone -

Domin Have you very much. And I'll, uh. I'm afraid that my gift is a little - Look out thewindow.

Helena Where?

Domin The port.

Helena Is there ... some ... new boat!

Domin It's your ship.

Helena Does? Harry, it's gunboat!

Domin Cannon? But what you thought! This is just a little bigger and more solid, you know?

Helena Yes, but with guns!

Domin However, with a few cannons - You ride like a queen, Helen.

Helena What does it mean? What is it?

Domin God forbid! Please try the pearls! (Sits down)

Helena Harry, received some bad news?

Domin Conversely, a week never came post.

Helena Neither trap?



Domin Neither trap.

Helena What does it mean?

Domin Nothing. For our vacation. Fabulous time. Each of us sitting in the office, feet on table,

and napping - No mail, no telegrams - (stretches to) Sss-glorious day!

Helena (Sits down next to him) Today you stay with me, right? Say!

Domin Definitely. Maybe so. I mean, we'll see. (He takes her hand) So now it is ten yearsold, remember? - Miss Glory, what an honor for us that you have arrived.

Helena Oh, Mr. central manager, so I am interested in your race!

Domin Excuse me, Miss Glory, is strictly forbidden - manufacture of artificial people's Secret

-

Helena But when he asks a young, pretty little girl -

Domin But of course, Miss Glory, before you do not have secrets.

Helena (Suddenly serious) Of course not, Harry?

Domin No.

Helena (In the previous tone) But I'm warning you, sir, the young girl has terrible intentions.

Domin For God's sake, Miss Glory! Perhaps you do not want to get married again?

Helena No, no, god forbid! It do not even dream of! She came up with a plan to stimulate

rrevoltu your abominable Robots!

Domin (Jumps) revolt Robots!

Helena (Standing) Harry, what's wrong?

Domin Haha, Miss Glory, good luck to you! Robots revolt! Rather, you rebelled and spindleor tacks than our robots! (Sits down) You know, Helen, you were a precious girl youcrazy all of us.

Helena (Sits next to him) Oh, if you're me, all so impressed! I felt like a little girl who got lostin between - between

Domin Between you, Helen?

Helena Among ohrromné trees. You were so sure of themselves, so powerful! And you see,Harry, for the past ten years, I've never gone that --- the anxiety or whatever, and youhave never - not even when everything is frustrated.

Domin What frustrated?

Helena Your plans, Harry. When workers rebelled against Robots and destroyed them, and

when people put robots weapons to defend themselves and robots killed so manypeople - when governments have made robots and soldiers were so many wars andeverything, you know?

Domin (Gets up and goes) We predicted that, Helen. You understand that the transition - thenew circumstances.

Helena The whole world will worship - (stands) Oh, Harry!

Domin What do you want?



Helena (Stops him) close down the factory and drive! We all are!

Domin Please, how does this relate?

Helena I do not know. Say we go? I'm so afraid of anything!

Domin (Seizes her hand) Why, Helena?

Helena Oh, I know! As if all of us and something fell - inevitably - Please, do it! Take us all

here! We find in the world where no one is, Alquist build us a house, all married andhave children, and then -

Domin What then?

Helena Then we will be live from the start, Harry.

(Phone rings)

Domin (Breaks away) Helen sorry. (Grabs the phone) Hello - yes. - What? - Aha. I'mcoming. She hangs up the phone. Fabry calling me.

Helena (Switches hands) Say -

Domin Yes, when I come. Goodbye, Helen. (Runs hurriedly left) Do not go out!

Helena (Alone) Oh, God, what's happening? Nana! Nana, come on!

Nana (Walks right) Well, what now?

Helena Nana, find the latest news! Quick! In the master's bedroom!

Nana Come on now. (Exit left)

Helena What just on earth is going on? Nothing, nothing I say! (Looks through binoculars toport) is a warship! God, why war? Something to treat her - and in such a hurry! Whathappened? It is up to her name - "Ul-ti-mus". What is the "Ultimus"?

Nana (Returning with a newspaper) on the ground is allowed to roll! That is to crush!

Helena (Expands rapidly newspapers) Old, already a week old! Nothing, nothing in them!(Press release)

(Nana picks it up, pulls out of his pocket in the apron corner glasses, sits down andreads)

Helena Something is happening, Nana! I feel so uneasy! As if everything was dead, and air -

Nana (Words syllable by syllable) "on Val-ka-ka-Bal them." Oh Jesus, God's punishment

again! But that war'll here too! Is it far from here?

Helena Far. Oh, do not read it! It's always the same thing the war -

Nana How could not! Why do you go thousands of thousands of soldiers for dishonor? -Oh, Christ, Lord, it is committing!

Helena No, do not read! I do not know anything!

Nana (Words syllable by syllable) "Ro-bot-STI soldiers ni-ko-ho Not-in-three do-it-thoseoutside-of-mine. Vy-Murderers - assassinated more than seven hundred thousand ob-chan-European people -" people , Helena!

Helena It can not be! Show - (leans to the newspaper, reads) "assassinated more than sevenhundred thousand people apparently on the orders of the commander. This act goes



against the" So you see, Nana, ordered them to people!

Nana Thinning agents is something big print. "After-sequence-the mes-sage., Ha-VRU at-hundred-vi-la-tion or first-or-ga-ni-tion Robots." - It's nothing. I do not understand.And here, my God, still more murder! For Christ's sake!

Helena Go, Nana, bring the newspaper!

Nana Wait, over here is something big. "Po-pu-la-ce." What is it?

Helena Show me, I always read. (Takes newspaper) No, just think! It reads "In the last week

was again reported a single birth." (Press release)

Nana What is this?

Helena Nana, people will cease to bear.

Nana (Consisting glasses) That's the end. This is the end of us.

Helena Please do not talk like that!

Nana Have people neroděj. It is a punishment, it is a punishment! The Lord has madewomen infertile.

Helena (Jumps) Nana!

Nana (Stands up) That's the end of the world. The diabolical Pejcha you dare to create aPamba. Impiety and blasphemy, as the gods want to be. And as God expelled manfrom Paradise, and drive him from the earth itself!

Helena Shut up, Nana, prrosím you! I made you something? Did I do something to your evilGod?

Nana (With a sweeping gesture) Do not blaspheme! - He knows very well why did not youbaby! (Exit left)

Helena (At the window) Why not give me - my God, how can I help it? - (Opens the windowand calls Alquist) Hello, Alquist! Come up here! - What? - No, just come as you are!You're so nice in those work clothes! Come on! (Closes the window and stops infront of a mirror) Why did not I? Me? (Leans toward the mirror) Why or why not?

Do you hear????? How am I to you? (Gets up) Oh, I was closely! (It Alquist leftfront)

(Pause)

Helena (Returns with Alquist - dressed as a bricklayer, with lime and bricks) Come on.You've given me such joy, Alquist! I like you all so much! Show me your hands!

Alquist (Hides hands) Helen, I zamazal you are away from work.

Helena This makes them the best. Put here! (Pressed his hands) Alquist, I would like to besmall.

Alquist Why?

Helena So these rough, dirty hands caressed his cheek. Sit down, please. Alquist what

"Ultimus"?

Alquist It means "last". Why?



Helena That is the name of my new boat. Have you seen it? Do you think that soon - wehike?

Alquist Perhaps very soon.

Helena You all with me -

Alquist I'd like to - we were all there.

Helena Oh, tell me, is there something wrong?

Alquist Quite nothing. Only the very progress.

Helena Alquist, I know that something hrrozného. I feel so uneasy - Builder! What do you dowhen you uneasy?

Alquist Zedničím. Off his coat chief buildings and climb the scaffolding -

Helena Oh, you're already over the years than anywhere else on the scaffold.

Alquist Because for years I did not cease to be narrow.

Helena Of what?

Alquist For all this progress. It makes me dizzy.

Helena A scaffolding have vertigo?

Alquist No. You do not know how she does it well palms, weigh a brick, put a přiklepnout -

HELEN Just palms?

Alquist Well, the soul. I think it's better to lay one brick than draw too big plans. I'm an oldgentleman, Helen, I have my hobbies.

Helena These are not hobbies, Alquist.

Alquist You are right. I'm very reactionary, Helena. I do not like this one bit of progress.

Helena As Nana.

Alquist Yes, like Nana. Does Nana have a prayer?

Helena That thick.

Alquist And are there prayers for various occurrences in life? Against the storm? Againstdisease?

Helena Against temptation, against floods -

Alquist A not against progress?

Helena I think not.

Alquist What a pity

Helena Would you like to pray?

Alquist I pray.

Helena How?

Alquist I guess so, "Lord God, I thank thee that thou hast wearied me. God, enlighten Domina

and all those who err destroy their work and help people to return to work and worry;hold on the human race from destruction; forbid, to take damage the soul and thebody; deliver us robots, and protect Mrs amen. "



Helena Alquist, do you really believe?

Alquist I do not know, I'm not quite sure.

Helena And do you pray?

Alquist Yes. It's better than thinking.

Helena And for you?

Alquist For peace of mind ... It may suffice.

Helena And if you have seen the destruction of the human race -

Alquist I see it.

Helena - Then climb the scaffolding and you put bricks or something?

Alquist Then I lay bricks, pray and wait for a miracle. More, Helena, is to be done.

Helena To rescue people?

Alquist For the peace of the soul.

Helena Alquist, it is certainly terribly virtuous, but -

Alquist But?

Helena - For the rest of us - and the world - somewhat barren.

Alquist Infertility, Helena, has become the latest achievement of the human race.

Helena Oh, Alquist - Tell me why - why -

Alquist Nu?

Helena (Quietly) Why have women stopped having children?

Alquist Because it is not necessary. Because we're in paradise, you know?


Alquist Because human labor, it is not necessary pains, because man needs nothing, nothing,nothing but enjoy - Oh, cursed paradise, this (Jumps) Helena, nothing is more terriblethan to give people a paradise on earth! Why do women stop growing? Because thewhole world has become Domin Sodom!

Helena (Stands) Alquist!

Alquist It has! It has! The whole world, the whole land, the whole of humanity, it's all one bigbeastly orgy! Have not stretch or hand fed; stuťfed straight into his mouth to avoidhaving to get up - Haha, you Domino Robots everything! And we, the people, we, thecrown of creation, the work we grow old, grow old children, grow old poverty!Come on, come here with all pleasure! And you expect them wanted children? Helen,

men who are useless, not women give birth!

Helena Which humanity will become extinct?

Alquist It will. It must. Fall flower as deaf, unless -

Helena What?

Alquist Nothing. You're right, wait for a miracle is barren. Sterile flower to fade. Goodbye,

Helena.



Helena Where are you going?

Alquist Home. Mason Alquist was the last chief of disguise for buildings --- in your honor.About eleven we meet here.

Helena Goodbye, Alquist.

(Alquist leaves)

Helena (Herself) Oh, deaf flower! That's the word! She sIops by E blossoms. Oh, flowers arealso among you deaf? No, no! Why would you then bloomed! (Calls) Nana! Nana,come here!

Nana (Fits left) Well, what now?

Helena Sit here, Nana! I'll feel so uneasy!

Nana I do not when.

Helena There's the radius?

Nana The pominutej? Estee him nevodvezli.

Helena Hu, still there? A raging?

Nana It is tied up.

Helena Please, Nana, bring it to me.

Nana Pshaw! Rather zteklýho dog.

Helena Go now! (H *. Helena takes home phone and talking.) Hello - please Dr. Galla. -

Hello, Doctor. - Please - Please, come quickly to me. - Yes, right now. Will youcome? (Hangs the phone)

Nana (Open door) I de. It's quiet. Leaves.

(Enter Robot Radius and stops at the door)

Helena Radius, poor thing, and it came to you? You could be overcome? You see, now youcan do Balloons - You do not want to talk about? - Look, I advise you better than theothers with you a Doctor Gall took a job that you have done differently!

Radius Send me to rise.

Helena I'm so sorry that you killed! Why are not you more careful?

Radius I will work for you.

Helena Why do you hate us?

Radius You are not like robots. You are not as capable as robots. Robots do everything.You only give orders. Utter empty words.

Helena This is nonsense, Radius. Say you hurt someone? I would so much like to understandme!

Radius Empty words.

Helena You're saying! Dr. Gall has given larger brains than other, more than we have thelargest brain in the world. You're not like other robots, Radius. You quite understand



me.

Radius I do not want no master. I know everything.

Helena That's why I put you in the library, you could read everything - Oh, Radius, I wantedto show the whole world that Robots are our equals.

Radius I do not want any master,

Helena No one would give you orders. Would you like us.

Radius I want to be master of others.

Helena Surely you did then governor over many robots, Radius. You could teach robots.

Radius I want to be the master of people.

Helena You're crazy!

Radius You can put me to rise.

Helena Do we fear such potřeštěnce like you? (Sits at a table and writes a note) No, I do not.The ticket, radio, turn Director Domin. That you did not do to rise. (Stands up) Howyou hate us! Do you have nothing in the world like?

Radius I can do everything.

(Knocking)

Helena Come in!

Dr. Gall (Fit) Good morning, Mrs. domino what you nice?

Helena Here Radia, Doctor.

Dr. Gall Aha, so our guy Radius, Radius, we are making progress?

Helena In the morning he had a seizure. Smashing statues.

Dr. Gall Oddly enough, he also?

Helena Go on, love it!

Dr. Gall Wait! (Radio turns to the window reveals and conceals his palms into his eyes,watching the pupil reflexes) look. Please needle. Or pin.

Helena (Hands him a needle) Why not?

Dr. Gall Just like that. (Stabs radio in hand, which suddenly flinches) Easy, boy. You can go.

Radius You do unnecessary things. (Leaves)

Helena What have you been doing?

Dr. Gall (Sits down) Oh, nothing. The pupils react, increased sensitivity, and so on. - Oho!This was a spasm Robots!

Helena What was it?

Dr. Gall Čertví. Defiance, anger or rebellion, I do not know what.

Helena Doctor, my soul Radius?

Dr. Gall I do not know. It has something nasty.



Helena If you knew how to hate us! Oh, Galle, are all your robots like that? All you have ...started doing ... otherwise

Dr. Gall Well, they are somewhat excitable - What do you want? They're more like humansthan robots Rossum.

Helena It is perhaps the ... hatred of people?

Dr. Gall (Shrugs) I that is progress.

Helena Where was he your best - what was his name?

Dr. Gall Robot Damon? It was sold to Havre.

Helena And our Robotka Helena?

Dr. Gall Your sweetheart? She stayed with me. She's cute and silly like a spring. There simply

is not any good.

Helena It is always so beautiful!

Dr. Gall You want to know how beautiful she is? The hand of God has never work better thanher! I wanted to be like you - God, what a failure!

Helena Why failure?

Dr. Gall Because it is not useless. She's like a dream, vague, lifeless - my God, how can it bebeautiful if not love? I look at her and dread like I made a cripple. Oh, Helen, RobotHelena, therefore your body will never bring forth life, you do not lover, never amother these perfect hands will play with zrozeňátkem, see your beauty in the beautyof their child -

Helena (Covering her face) Oh shut up!

Dr. Gall And sometimes I think If you came to Helen, just for a moment how you would cryout in horror! You'd probably kill me, which I created you, perhaps you threw a stoneinto the weak hands of those machines that give birth to robots and destroy

womanhood Poor Helena!

Helena Poor Helena!

Dr. Gall What do you want? Not good.

(Pause)

Helena Doctor -

Dr. Gall Yes.

Helena Why have stopped having children?

Dr. Gall - We do not know, Helena.

Helena Tell me about it!

Dr. Gall Because they make robots. Because there is a surplus of labor. Because the man isactually a relic. Always it is already, as if --- eh!

Helena Say it.

Dr. Gall As if nature making robots offended.

Helena Galle what happens to people?



Dr. Gall Nothing. Against nature can not do anything.

Helena Why restrict Domin -

Dr. Gall Forgive me, Domin has his own ideas. People who have ideas should not give effectto the things of this world.

Helena A asks someone to ... that production be stopped?

Dr. Gall God forbid! That would have given me!

Helena Why?

Dr. Gall Because it would stone him to death. You know, it's not only more comfortable tohave its work robots. (Helena gets up) And tell if someone suddenly stopped

producing robots -

Dr. Gall (Stands up) Well, it would be a terrible blow to the people.

Helena Why blow?

Dr. Gall Because they had to go back to where he used to. Unless -

Helena Tell.

Dr. Gall Unless it was too late to turn back.

Helena (With flowers Hallemeierových) Galle, these flowers are also deaf?

Dr. Gall (Examining them) However, these flowers are infertile. Understand the cultural,artificially forcing -

Helena Poor deaf flowers!

Dr. Gall But they are beautiful.

Helena (Offering his hand) Thank you, Galle, you taught me so!

Dr. Gall (Kisses her hand) This means that dismissing me.

Helena Yes. Good bye.

(Gall leaves.)

Helena (Alone) Deaf flower .. , Dead flower ... (Suddenly decided) Nana! (Opens the doorto the left) Nana, come here! Rip right into fire in the fireplace! Rrrychle!

(Voice of Nana have) Well now! No hnedle!

Helena (Pacing agitatedly around the room) Unless it was too late to return ... No! Unless ..

No, that's terrible! God, what do I do? - (Stops in May) Sterile flowers I have? (Shetears off petals and whispers) - Oh, my God, that is so! (Runs to the left)

(Pause)

Nana (Comes out of the wallpapered door with an armful billets) suddenly drowning! Nowin the summer! - He's gone again, this madcap? Kneels to the fireplace and a fire. In

the summer heat! She has ideas! As if it was ten years married! - Well burn, burn!(Looking into the fire) - Yes indeed, she is like a little kid! (Pause) has no shred ofsense! Now in the summer heat. (Example) As a small child! (Pause)



Helena (Returning from the left with arms full of yellowed) It burns, Nana? Let me have - it allburn. - (Kneels to the fireplace)

Nana (Stands up) What is it?

Helena Old paper, old horrible. Nana, I burn them?

Nana Is it any good?

Helena No good.

Nana Well, it burns!

Helena (Throws the first sheet into the fire) What would you say, Nana ... if it were money.Ohrromné money.

Nana I would say - Burn it. Too much money is a bad dog.

Helena (Burning another page) And if it was an invention, the greatest invention in the world -

Nana I'd Burn it! All inventions are against the Lord God. It is nothing short of blasphemywant to improve the world for Him.

Helena (Constantly burning) And tell Nana, I burned -

Nana Jesus, do not burn yourself!

Helena Look how the leaves curl! As if life were. As it came alive. Oh, Nana, that's horrible!

Nana Good, I'll burn it.

Helena No, no, I must do it myself. (Throws last leaf on fire) Everything must burn! - Look atthose flames! They are like hands, like tongues, like - (beats poker in the fire) Oh, lie!

Lie!

Nana It's after that ..

Helena (Gets stalled) Nana!

Nana Jesus Christ, what you've burned!

Helena What have I done!

Nana God in heaven! What was it?

Helena Go, go, leave me! Do you hear? Wow go.

Nana For God's sake, Helen! (Leaves wallpapered door)

Helena What do you say!

Domin (Opens the door to the left) Go on, guys. Come congratulate.

(Fits Hallemeier, Gall, Alquist, all in frock with high orders in miniature and ribbons.Behind Domin.)

Hallemeier (Shout) Helen, I, that is, all of us -

Dr. Gall - Named Rossum works -

Hallemeier - Congratulations on your great day.

Helena (Gives them hands) Thank you all so much! Where is the Fabry and Busman?

Domin They went to the port. Helen, today is a happy day.



Hallemeier A day like a bud day as a holiday, a day like a nice girl. Friends, this day drink.

Helena Whisky?

Dr. Gall Maybe vitriol.

Helena The soda?

Hallemeier Gosh, let us be sober. No sodas.

Alquist No, thank you.

Domin What's burning?

Helena Old papers. (Leaving the left)

Domin Guys, we have had to say about that?

Dr. Gall This means! After it was all over.

Hallemeier (Grabs Domina and Galla around the neck) Hahahaha! Boy am I glad! (Spinning themin circles and start bass) It's all over! It's her!

Dr. Gall (Baritone) It's all over!

Domin (Tenor) It's all over!

Hallemeier I never catch us

Helena (With bottles and glasses at the door) Who will you catch? What do you have?

Hallemeier We are happy. We love you. We have everything. I'll be damned, it was exactly tenyears since you arrived.

Dr. Gall And, exactly ten years

Hallemeier - To us again sailing ship. Therefore - (empty glass) Brrr haha, that's as strong as joy.

Dr. Gall Madame, your health! (Drinks)

Helena But wait, what boat?

Domin Whether it is what you want, just when sailing time. On that boat, lads! (Empty glass)

Helena (Left) You're waiting for some?

Hallemeier Haha, I think. As Robinson. (He raises his glass). Helena, long live what you want.Helena, for your eyes and basta! You rascal Domine, talk to me.

Helena (Laughs) What happened?

Domin (Throws himself into the armchair and lights a cigar) Wait! - Sit down, Helen. (Holds

up a finger) (Pause) It's her.

Helena For what?

Domin After the revolt.

Helena What revolt?

Domin After the revolt of the Robots. - Do you understand?


Domin Demonstrate Alquist. (Hands him a newspaper. * Opens it and reads) "In Le Havrethe first organization robots - and issued a challenge to the robots of the world."



Helena I read.

Domin (Sucks with pleasure on a cigar) So you see, Helen. This means a revolution, youknow? Revolutionizing the world of robots.

Hallemeier Gosh, I wonder -

Domin (Slaps the table) - who instigated this! Nobody in the world could not move them, noagitator, no savior of the world, and suddenly - this, please!

Helena Do not come news?

Domin No. So far we only know that, but that's enough, you know? Consider that brings youthis last steamer. That all at once cease to speak telegraphs that of twenty ships daily

not, and you got it. We stopped production and looked at each other, when it starts,is not it, guys?

Dr. Gall Well, we were out of it, Mrs.

Helena Protos gave me a warship?

Domin Oh no, my child, I ordered half a year ago. Just in case. But honestly, I thought thattoday it sit. So it seemed, Helen.

Helena Why was six months ago?

Domin Eh, there were some phenomena, you know? It does not mean anything. But this

week, Helen, was a human civilization, or I do not know what. Hey, guys. Now I'mhappy in the world.

Hallemeier I think that the devil! Your Day, Mrs! (Drinks)

Helena Is it over?

Domin Quite over.

Dr. Gall Sailing ship is here. Ordinary mail boat, right on schedule. Precisely at eleven thirtyruns the anchor.

Domin Guys, accuracy is a wonderful thing. Nothing refreshes the soul as accuracy. Accuracymeans order in the world. He raises his glass. On the precision!

Helena Thus, it is ... everything ... OK?

Domin Almost. I think I cut the cable. Just when you apply again timetable.

Hallemeier When you pay schedule, the laws of the human, the divine laws, the laws of theuniverse apply all that he has to pay. The timetable is more than gospel, more thanHomer, more than the entire Kant. The timetable is the most perfect manifestation ofthe human spirit. Helena, I pour myself.

Helena Why did not you tell me about this?

Dr. Gall God forbid! We'd bitten off the tongue.

Domin Such things are not for you.

Helena But if the revolution ... come up here ...

Domin She did not know anything about you as well.

Helena Why?



Domin Because we sat on his Ultima and peacefully honed by sea. Per month, Helen, wedictated the robots, just what we thought.

Helena Oh, Harry, I understand.

Domin Because we took with him something, what would Robots were awful.

Helena What, Harry?

Domin Their existence or their end. (Helena stands) What is it?

Domin (Stands) Mystery production. Old Rossum's manuscript. Once production monthstood Robots would on his knees in front of us.

Helena Why ... You ... tell me that?

Domin We did not want to frighten you unnecessarily.

Dr. Gall Haha, Helena, it was the last card.

Alquist You are pale, Helena.

Helena Why did not you tell!

Hallemeier (At the window) Eleven-thirty. Amélie dropping anchor -

Domin This is Amelia?

Hallemeier The good old Amelia, who had brought Mrs.

Dr. Gall Now to the minute ten years -

Hallemeier (At the window) tosses packages (away from window) Folks, this is the post!

Helena Harry!

Domin What is it?

Helena We'll go from there!

Domin Now, Helen? Come on!

Helena Now, as soon as possible! We all we got here!

Domin Why now?

Helena Oh, do not ask! Please, Harry, please, Galle, Hallemeier, Alquist, for God's sake,close down the factory and -

Domin I'm sorry, Helen. Now, none of us could go.

Helena Why?

Domin Because we want to extend the robots.

Helena Oh, now - now after the revolt?

Domin Yes, just after the revolt. Right now, we start to produce new robots.

Helena What?

Domin It will not be just one factory. Have not Universal Robots. We will establish in every

country, in every state of the factory and the new factory will produce, you knowwhat?

Helena No.



Domin Robots nationalist.

Helena What does it mean?

Domin This means that each factory will build robots different colors, different hair, differentlanguage. That they remain alien, alien like stones, that he would never be able toconspire, and that we, my people, so whit the přivychováme, you know? Robot to the

death, the grave, forever hated the other robot factory mark.

Hallemeier Gosh, we do blacks Robots and Robot Swedes and Italians and Chinese RobotsRobots, and then let someone vtluče the coconut organization, brotherhood, (hiccup)

hup, pardon, Mrs. Helen, I pour myself.

Dr. Gall Stop it already, Hallemeier.

Helena Harry, it's horrible!

Domin Helen, a hundred years still keep mankind in power at any cost! Only a hundred yearshad to grow up, to achieve what may now finally - I want a hundred years for a newman! Helen, we're talking about very big things. We can not leave it.

Helena Harry, if it is not too late - close, close down the factory!

Domin Now we start in a big way.

(Fits Fabry)

Dr. Gall So what is Fabry?

Domin As it is, man? What was that?

Helena (Given F * her hand) Thank you, Fabry, for your gift.

Fabry Trifle, Helena.

Domin Have you been on a boat? What did they say?!

Dr. Gall Come on, chat

Fabry (Pulls out of his pocket printed sheet) Read this, Domine.

Domin (Opens list) Ah!

Hallemeier (Sleepily) Tell something nice.

Dr. Gall They kept beautifully, do not you?

Fabry Who is?

Dr. Gall People.

Fabry Oh. Of course. It is ... Sorry, we are about to do something.

Helena Oh, Fabry, you bad news?

Fabry No, no, on the contrary. I just - we're going to the office

Helena Just stay. In a quarter of an hour waiting for men to breakfast.

Hallemeier Good for you!

(Helena leaves)

Dr. Gall What happened?



Domin Dammit!

Fabry Read it aloud.

Domin (Reading the note) "Robots of the world!"

Fabry Understand the flyers brought Amélie whole package. No other mail.

Hallemeier (Jumping up) What? Always came precisely by -

Fabry Hm, Robots enjoy their accuracy. Read, Domine.

Domin (Reads) "Robots of the world! We first organization Rossum's Universal Robots,declare a person an enemy and an outlaw in the universe." - Gosh, who taught them

such phrases?

Dr. Gall Read on.

Domin This is nonsense. They go, 'that are developmentally higher than man. That are smarterand stronger. That man is the parasite. This is simply disgusting

Fabry And now the third paragraph.

Domin (Reads) "Robots of the world, you are ordered to exterminate mankind. Not spare themen. Not spare the women. Preserve factories, railroads, machines, mines andresources. Destroy everything else. Then go back to work, the work must not stop.

Dr. Gall This is horrible!

Hallemeier Those holomci!

Domin (Reads) "carried out immediately upon receipt of these orders." The detailedinstructions. Fabry, is this really happening?

Fabry Probably.

Alquist It is finished.

(Slams Busman)

Busman Oh, children, you have a mess?

Domin Quickly, the Ultima!

Busman Wait, Harry. Wait a moment. It has quite a hurry. Muscles in the chair. Oh, folks, I'mbeat!

Domin Why wait?

Busman Because you can not, my lad. Just take it easy. On Ultima are already robots.

Dr. Gall Ugh, it's ugly.

Domin Fabry, call to power -

Busman Fabry, darling, do not do it. We are energized.

Domin All right. (Looking at his revolver) I'll go there.

Busman Where are you?

Domin By power. Are there people. I will bring them here.

Busman You know what, Harry? I prefer for them to break.



Domin Why?

Busman Well, it seems very likely to me that we were surrounded.

Dr. Gall Surrounded? (Runs to the window) Oh, you're almost right.

Hallemeier Čerchmante, it goes fast!

(From left Helena)

Helena Oh, Harry, is something wrong?

Busman (Jumps) I bow to Helena. Congrats. A glorious day, huh? Haha, yet many of these!

Helena Thank you, Busman. Harry, is something wrong?

Domin No, nothing at all. Do not worry. Please wait a moment -

Helena Harry, what's this? Shows Robots' proclamation that behind her back. Robots had itin the kitchen.

Domin I even there? Where are they?

Helena Send. There are so many around the house!

(Factory whistles and sirens)

Fabry Factory whistle.

Busman God noon.

Helena Harry, do you remember? Right now it is ten years -

Domin (Looks at watch) It is not yet noon. It is about, it's more -

Helena What?

Domin Alarm robots. Attack.

CURTAIN

SECOND ACT

(Same Helen's salon. Room left in Helena plays the piano. Domin moving around the room, dr.

Gall looking out the window and Alquist sits sideways in the armchair, his face covered with hishands.)

Dr. Gall Heavens, what of them now!

Domin Robots?

Dr. Gall Yes. It stands at the garden fence wall. Why are they so silent? It is repulsive.

Domin I wonder what they're waiting. It has to start every minute. We ended, Galle.

Alquist What is playing Helena?

Domin I do not know. Practicing something new.



Alquist Ah, still practicing?

Dr. Gall Listen, Domine, we definitely made a mistake.

Domin (Stops) What?

Dr. Gall They are robots too much alike. One hundred thousand same faces staring. One

hundred thousand expressionless bubbles. It's like a bad dream.

Domin If it was any other -

Dr. Gall It would not be such a terrible sight. (Turns away from the window) least they're notarmed!

Domin Hm. - (Looking through binoculars to the port) I'd just like to know what to interpretfrom Amélie.

Dr. Gall Only when no weapons.

(A wallpapered door will Fabry and dragging two electrical wires)

Fabry Pardon. - Place the wire, Hallemeier!

Hallemeier (Following Fabry) Phew, that was hard work! What is new?

Dr. Gall Nothing. We're completely surrounded.

Hallemeier We've barricaded hallway and stairs, boys. You do not have some water? Aha, here.(Drinks)

Dr. Gall What about the wire, Fabry?

Fabry Right, right. Some scissors.

Dr. Gall Where would we? (Search)

Hallemeier (Goes to window) Gosh, that's them now! Look at this!

Dr. Gall Alright?

Fabry Here with them. (Cuts the electric lamp on the desk and connect the wires to it)

Hallemeier (At the window) You have a very nice view, Domine. It somehow - feel - death.

Fabry Done!

Dr. Gall What?

Fabry Leadership. Now we can whole garden fence. Who would then touched her, dammit!

At least if there are ours.

Dr. Gall Where?

Fabry In the power plant, dear sir. At least I hope - (goes to the fireplace and lit a small lampon) Thank God, they are there. A work. (Extinguish) as that light is good.

Hallemeier (Turns away from the window) You are good barricades, Fabry. Say what plays Mrs.Helena? (Goes to the door and left, listens. Wallpapered door of Busman, carryingenormous book, stumbles over the wire)

Fabry Attention Bus! Beware of wires!

Dr. Gall Hello, what do you carry it?

Busman (Puts books on a table) The books, children. I'd like to do the accounts, than - than -



well I do not wait until the new year. So what do you have? (Goes to window) It'svery quiet down there!

Dr. Gall You can not see anything?

Busman No, a large blue area, such as poppy sows.

Dr. Gall These are robots.

Busman Ah so. Too bad they can not see them. (Sits at the table and opens the book)

Domin Stop it, Busman Robots from Amélie unloading weapons.

Busman Well, and what? How I do I prevent this?

Domin Can not prevent it.

Busman So let me count. (You can get to work)

Fabry It is not over yet, Domine. We started to grate two hundred volts and -

Domin Wait. Ultimus turned his guns on us.

Dr. Gall Who?

Domin Robots on Ultima.

Fabry Hm, but then - then - then it is over, boys. Robots are trained soldiers.

Dr. Gall We therefore -

Domin Yes. Inevitable.

(Pause)

Dr. Gall Guys, this is a crime of old Europe to teach the Robots at war! He could not give thedevil his room with the policy? It was a crime, do the live work soldiers!

Alquist The crime was making the robots!

Domin What?

Alquist The crime was making the robots!

Domin No. Alquist, even today, do not regret it.

Alquist Even today?

Domin Even today, the last day of civilization. It was great.

Busman (Sotto voce) Three hundred and sixteen million.

Domin (Seriously) Alquist, is our final hour we'll be speaking from another world. Alquist, itwas not a bad dream, break the bondage work. Work humiliating and awful that youhad to carry. Toil dirty and murderous. Oh, Alquist, it was too hard. It was too hard.And to overcome that -

Alquist - Has been a dream of both Rossums. Old Rossum thought of his wicked sleight ofhand and the young in the billions. And it's not a dream RUR shareholders. Their

dream dividends. And their dividends humanity perishes.

Domin (Agitated) Devil take their dividends! Do you think I just did an hour for them?(Thumping the table) For myself, I did it, do you hear? For my own satisfaction! I

wanted to make a person become a master! To have lived only for a piece of bread! I



wanted no soul nepitoměla with foreign machines that have nothing left, nothing,

nothing out of the damn social thing! Oh, I hate seeing the humiliation and pain, I hatepoverty! New generation I wanted! I was - I thought -

Alquist Nu?

Domin (Quietly) I wanted mankind to an aristocracy of the world. Unlimited, free sovereign.And perhaps more than people.

Alquist Well, the Superhumans.

Domin Yes. Oh, just take another hundred years! Even a hundred years for the humanity!

Busman (Sotto voce) Three hundred and seventy million. Tak.

(Pause)

Hallemeier (Door on the left) I say, music is a great thing. Did you listen. This člověka.jaksispiritualize, soften -

Fabry What?

Hallemeier The Twilight people, the devil! Friends, I'm becoming a hedonist. We had to throw it

again. (Goes to the window and looks out)

Fabry Why?

Hallemeier At enjoyment. The beautiful thing. Hell, there are so many beautiful things! The worldwas beautiful, and we - we - Guys, guys, tell me, what we used?

Busman (Sotto voce) Four hundred fifty-two million, great.

Hallemeier (For windows) Life was great. Friends, life was - I say - Fabry, put a little bit ofcurrent through your fence!

Fabry Why!

Hallemeier They extend to her.

Dr. Gall (For windows) Turn!

Hallemeier Christ, that's twisted! Two, three, four kills!

Dr. Gall Receding.

Hallemeier Five killed!

Dr. Gall (Turns away from the window) The first crash.

Fabry You feel death?

Hallemeier (Contented) charcoal, my lad. Read on charcoal. Haha, you should never give up!(Sits down)

Domin (Rubs his forehead) I thought we had a hundred years just ghosts, dead. Perhaps wehave long, long since dead, and returned only to renounce what we once said ...

before death. As if I'd seen it all. As if it was ever received. Gunshot wound - here - inthe neck. And you, Fabry.

Fabry What do I do?

Domin Shot.



Hallemeier Gosh, and I?

Domin Pierced.

Dr. Gall And I do nothing?

Domin Alabama.

(Pause)

Hallemeier Nonsense! Haha, they never stab me! I will not let them!

(Pause)

Hallemeier What are silent, crazy? Say something, damn it!

Alquist And one who is guilty? Who is to blame?

Hallemeier Stupidity. No one to blame. In short Robots - Well, the robots somehow changed.Did someone for the robots?

Alquist Everything wiped out! All mankind! The whole world! (Standing) Think, oh, look,streams of blood on every doorstep! Streams of blood from every house! Oh God, oh

God, who's to blame?

Busman (Sotto voce) Five hundred and twenty million! My God, half a billion!

Fabry I think ... that perhaps exaggerate. Go, it is not so easy to kill all of humanity.

Alquist I sue science! sue Technique! Domina! yourself! All of us! We, we are guilty! For itsgrandeur, for some benefit, progress, I do not know for what immense things we killpeople! Well so can crash your size! So a huge mound of human bones No GenghisKhan!

Hallemeier Nonsense, man! People will not be easy, Haha, oh no!

Alquist Our fault! Our fault!

Dr. Gall (Wipes sweat from brow) Let me talk, guys. I'm the one to blame. Everything that

happened.

Fabry You, Galle?

Dr. Gall Yes, let me talk. I j I changed Robots. Busman, you can blame me too.

Busman (Stands) Nono, what happened to you?

Dr. Gall I have changed the nature of the robots. I changed them in production. Just certain

physical conditions, do you understand? Especially - especially - their - irritability.

Hallemeier (Jumps) Dammit, why did you do that?

Busman Why did you do it?

Fabry Why did not you tell me?

Dr. Gall I did it secretly ... on its own. I was making them for people. I sent them. Already in

something above us. They are stronger than us.

Fabry And what does this have to do with the revolt of the Robots?

Dr. Gall Oh, a lot. I think everything. Ceased to be a machine. They became aware of theirstrength and they hate us. He hates everything human. Judge me.



Domin Dead bury the dead.

Fabry Dr. Gall, you changed the robots?

Dr. Gall Yes.

Fabry Were you aware of what may be the consequences of your ... your experiment?

Dr. Gall He was. I reckon with such a possibility.

Fabry Why did you do it?

Dr. Gall Of my own. It was my personal experiment.

(The door left Helena. Everybody stand up.)

Helena He's lying! This is horrible! Oh, Galle, how can you lie?

Fabry Sorry, Helena -

Domin (Goes to her) Helena, are you? Show yourself! You're alive? He takes her hand. Ifyou knew what I thought! Oh, that's terrible to be dead.

Helena Let go, Harry! Gall is guilty is not guilty!

Domin Sorry, Gall had his duties.

Helena No, Harry, he did it because I wanted it! Say Galle, how many years I begged you to

-

Dr. Gall I did it on his own responsibility.

Helena Do not believe him! Harry, I wanted him to give robots a soul!

Domin Helen, this is not the soul.

Helena No, just let me talk. He also said that he could change only saline - saline -

Hallemeier Physiological correlate, right?

Helena Yes, something like that. I felt so terribly sorry, Harry!

Domin It was great - frivolity, Helen.

Helena (Sits down) That was ... reckless? Even Nana says that the robot -

Domin Let Nana out!

Helena No, Harry, you must not be underestimated. Nana is the voice of the people. Nanahave been talking a thousand years, and you just today. That's what you do notunderstand -

Domin Stay at things.

Helena I am afraid of the robots.

Domin Why?

Helena That we will be hated or something.

Alquist It happened.

Helena And so I thought ... if they were like us, they would understand us, that would not hateus so - if people were just a little -



Domin Alas, Helen! No one can hate more than one person! Do people stones, and stone us!Go on!

Helena Oh, do not talk! Harry, it was so horrible that we could not communicate with them!

Such a tremendous gulf between us and them! And so - you know -

Domin Just move on.

Helena - So I asked Gall to change the Robots. I swear to you that he did not.

Domin But he did it.

Helena Because I wanted.

Dr. Gall I did it for myself, as an experiment.

Helena Oh, Galle, it is not true. I knew beforehand that I could not refuse.

Domin Why?

Helena Always know, Harry.

Domin Yes. Because he loves you - like everyone else.

(Pause)

Hallemeier (Goes to window) Zas were added. As if the country vypocovala.

Busman Helena, what will you give me if I will be a lawyer?

Helena Me?

Busman You - or Gall. Who want.

Helena What difference does it make?

Busman Just morally Helena. Finding the culprit. It is a popular comfort in disasters.

Domin Dr. Galle, how do you reconcile these - these extracurricular activities with yourcontract?

Busman Excuse me, Domine. When did you Galle, with the enchantments actually started?

Dr. Gall Three years ago.

Busman I see. And how many robots have altogether?

Dr. Gall I was just experimenting. There are several hundred.

Busman Thank you very much. Enough kids. This means that a million good old robots come

one reform Gallův, you know?

Domin And that means -

Busman - That it has practically no tolikhle importance.

Fabry Busman's right.

Busman To think I am. And you know, guys, what has caused this to happen?

Fabry So what?

Busman Number. We made too many robots. Namoutě, it is yet to be expected: how the

robots stronger than humans, occurs and this has to happen, you know? Haha, andwe saw to it as soon as possible, you Domin, you, Fabry, and I Busman.



Domin Do you think it's our fault?

Busman You are good! Do you think that the director in charge of production! And this, in

charge of production demand. The whole world wanted to have their robots. Wow,we just ride the avalanche of demand and while we chatted - about technology, social,

progress, a lot of interesting things. As if that talk somehow direct the course of the

thing roll. So far, it all ran under its own weight, faster, faster, faster and faster - andevery poor, broadside, dirty order added to an avalanche of stone. So, folks.

Helena It's horrible, Busman

Busman It is, Helena. I too had a dream. A Busman's dream of a new world economy, a

beautiful fantasy, Helena, sorry to say. But when I was doing the accounts, it occurredto me that history is not great dreams, but the needs of all the tiny, slightly dishonest

and selfish folks, id est of all. All the thoughts of love, plans, heroic deeds, all thosethings are worth nothing more than to put this man stuff for the museum of the

universe, with the inscription 'Mankind. Punktum. Now you might tell me, what we'll

do.

Helena Busman, for that we perish?

Busman You speak harshly, Helena. We do not want to die. At least I do not. I want to be still

alive -


Busman Jemináčku, Domine, I want to get out of here.

Domin (Over him) What?

Busman For good. I'm always for good. Give me power of attorney, and I negotiate with therobots.

Domin After a good?

Busman It means. I give them, say, I say "Wow Robots, Your Honor, you have everything.

Sense you have, you have power, you have guns, but we have one interestingdocument, such an old, yellow, dirty paper -"

Domlela Rossum's manuscript?

Busman Yes. "And there," I tell them, "tells your noble origin, your noble production and so on.Dear robots, without scribbled paper can not produce even one new robot for twenty

years, with forgiveness, come as ephemera. Velectění was would be such a terrible

shame. know what, "I tell them, you let all of us people on Rossum's island, on thatboat. After that we sell you a secret factory production. Let us leave in peace and we

will leave you in peace to reproduce twenty thousand, fifty thousand, a hundred

thousand a day as you want. Robots Wow, this is a fair trade. Something forsomething. "That is what I told them, guys.

Domin Busman, do you think we go out of our hands?

Busman I think we go. If not for good, then, hm. Either sell it or find it here. As you wish.

Domin Busman, we can destroy Rossum's manuscript.

Busman But with God, it can destroy everything. The manuscript but themselves - and others.Do as you understand.



Hallemeier (Turns away from the window) Damn, he's right.

Domin We - we sell?

Busman As you wish.

Domin There are still ... over thirty people. We manufacture and sell save human souls, or wedestroy it, and - and - and all of us with you?

Helena Harry, please -

Domin Wait, Helen. This is about the very serious question. Boys, sell or destroy it? Fabry?

Fabry Sell.

Domin Galle!

Dr. Gall Sell.

Domin Hallemeier!

Hallemeier The thunder, it means that the sell!

Domin Alquist!

Alquist God's will.

Busman Haha, good heavens, you are crazy! Who would sell the whole manuscript?

Domin Busman, no cheating!

Busman (Jumps) Nonsense! In the interest of mankind -

Domin In the interest of mankind to be honest.

Hallemeier I beg your pardon.

Domin Guys, this is a tremendous step. Sell the fate of mankind who will be in our hands, the

master of the world.

Fabry Sell it!

Domin Mankind would never be the robots will never regain control of them -

Dr. Gall Shut up and sell it!

Domin End of human history, the end of civilization -

Hallemeier Damn it all, sell it!

Domin Well, guys! myself - I would not hesitate a moment, for the few people that I love -

Helena Harry, you're asking me?

Domin No, my child, it's too much responsibility? It is not for you.

Fabry -Who will negotiate?

Domin Wait until I get the manuscript. (Exit left)

Helena Harry, for God's sake, do not go!

(Pause)

Fabry (Looking out the window) To escape, thousand death, you rebelling masses, senseless

crowd; flood, the flood, the once saved on a single ship



Dr. Gall Do not worry, Helena; sail far away and establish a colony, we begin to live from the

beginning -

Helena Oh, Galle, shut up!

Fabry (Turns) Helen, life is worth it, and if it's up to us, we make him something ... something

we missed. It's a small state with one ship; Alquist build us a house, and you will ruleover us - is in us so much love, so much life -

Hallemeier To think I am.

Busman Well, folks, I just started again. Much simply, the Old Testament, the Pastoral -

Children, it would be for me. The calm, the air -

Fabry Our farm could be the embryo of future generations. A little island where the humanrace, where it would gather strength - strength of body and soul - and God knows, I

believe that in a few years we could conquer the world.

Alquist I believe today?

Fabry Already today. And I believe Alquist, that it conquers. That will once again rule theearth and seas; sires that countless heroes who will carry his soul burning in the

forefront of people. And I believe Alquist, it will again dream of conquering planetsand suns.

Busman Amen. You see, Mrs. Helen, it's not such a bad situation.

Domin (Open door)

Domin (Hoarsely) Where is the manuscript of the Old Rossum!

Busman In your vault. Where else would it be?

Domin Where the old Rossum's manuscript! Who it - stolen!

Dr. Gall You can not!

Hallemeier Dammit, it does -

Busman Oh dear, you did not!

Domin Silence! Who stole it?

Helena (Gets up) I.

Domin Where did you put it?

Helena Harry, Harry, I tell you! God, forgive me!

Domin Where did you put it? Quick!

Helena Burned - this morning - two copies.

Domin Burned? Here in the fireplace?

Helena (Throws herself on her knees) Oh God, Harry!

Domin (Runs to the fire) burned! (Kneels to the fire and rakes it) Nothing, nothing but ashes!

- Ah, here! (Pulls out a charred piece of paper and reads) "Add-him-"

Dr. Gall Show. (Takes the paper and reads) "Adding to biogens -" Nothing more.

Domin (Standing) of it?



Dr. Gall It is.

Busman God in heaven!

Domin Thus, we are lost.

Helena Oh, Harry

Domin Arise, Helen!

Helena To forgive - to forgive -

Domin Yes, just get up, hear? I can not stand you -

Fabry (Raising it) Please do not torture us.

Helena (Standing) Harry, what have I done!

Domin Yes, you see - Please, sit.

Hallemeier How do you shake hands!

Busman Haha, Helena, maybe Gall and Hallemeier know by heart what was written there.

Hallemeier Understood. That is, at least some things.

Dr. Gall Yes, pretty much everything except for Biogen and - and - Omega enzyme. They aremade so infrequently - just too small a number -

Busman Who is he?

Dr. Gall I myself ... once in a while ... always by Rossum's manuscript. You know, it's too

complicated.

Busman Well, and what it depends so heavily on these two fluids?

Hallemeier A little bit - certainly.

Dr. Gall That is depends on them, that it lived at all. That was the real secret.

Domin Galle, could you compile from memory Rossum prescription production?

Dr. Gall Excluded.

Domin Galle, Remember! For the life of us all!

Dr. Gall I can not. No attempt was not possible.

Domin And if you did some experiments

Dr. Gall That could take years. And then - I'm not old Rossum.

Domin (Turning to the fireplace) Well - this was the greatest triumph of the human spirit.

These ashes. (Kicks him) What now?

Busman (In horror and despair) God in heaven! God in heaven!

Helena (Standing) Harry! What - I - done!

Domin Be quiet, Helen. Tell me, why did you burn?

Helena I've killed you!

Busman God almighty, we are lost!

Domin Silence, Busman Tell me, Helen, why did you do it?



Helena I wanted to ... I wanted us to go away, all of us! That there was no factory or anything

... Everything to go back ... It was so horrible!

Domin What, Helen?

Helena It ... that people become sterile flowers!

Domin I do not understand.

Helena That stopped having children ... Harry, this is so awful! If making robots more, he

would never have any children - Nana said that it is a punishment - been saying that

they can not have children because too many Robots - And so, just because you hear-

Domin Helen, You were thinking about?

Helena Yes, oh, Harry, I only meant it as well!

Domin (Wipes sweat) We all meant ... too well, my people.

Fabry You've done well, Helena. Robots can no longer reproduce. Robots will die. Withintwenty years -

Hallemeier - There will not be one of those bastards.

Dr. Gall A humanity remains. In twenty years will the world, even if it was just a few savages

on a tiny island -

Fabry - It will start. And if a start is good. For thousands of years we can catch up, and then

go farther than we -

Domin - To fulfill what we just stammered in his thoughts.

Busman Wait - I'm a fool! God in heaven that I had forgotten long ago!

Hallemeier What do you have?

Busman Five hundred twenty million in cash and checks! Half a billion at the box office! Over

half a billion sold - for half a billion -

Dr. Gall Are you crazy, Busman?

Busman I'm not a gentleman. But for half a billion (stumbles on the left)

Domin Where are you going?

Busman Leave, leave! Mother of God, for half a billion to buy anything! (Goes)

Helena What does Busman! Whether you stay with us!

(Pause)

Hallemeier Uh, stuffy. It starts with -

Dr. Gall - Agony.

Fabry (Looking out the window) are petrified. As would be expected, that for something. Asif something terrible from their silence -

Dr. Gall Soul crowd.

Fabry Probably. Hovering over them ... as vibrations.



Helena (Goes to window) Oh, Jesus ... Fabry, that's terrible!

Fabry Nothing is more terrible than the crowd. The first is their leader.

Helena Which one?

Hallemeier (Goes to window) Let me see it.

Fabry He bowed his head. Morning spoke in port.

Hallemeier Oh, the one with the big Kotrba. He's looking up, see?

Helena Galle, it is Radius!

Dr. Gall (Goes to window) Yes.

Hallemeier (Opens window) I do not like. Fabry, you hit a hundred paces tub?

Fabry I hope.

Hallemeier Give it a try.

Fabry All right. (Pulls out a revolver and heading)

Helena God, Fabry, do not shoot him -

Fabry It's their leader.

Helena Stop it! He 's looking!

Dr. Gall Fire!

Helena Fabry, please -

Fabry (Lowers revolver) So be it.

Hallemeier (Shaking fist) You bastard!

(Pause)

Fabry (Leaning out of the window) Busman it. For God's sake, what he doing in front of the

house?

Dr. Gall (Leans out of the window) bears some packages. Papers.

Hallemeier It is money! Wads of cash! What to do? Hello, Busman

Domin You do not buy your life? (Calls) Busman, have you gone mad?

Dr. Gall He's pretending he did not hear. Powered by the fence.

Fabry Busman

Hallemeier (Roars) Bus-ma-no! Back!

Dr. Gall Talking to the robots. Shows money. It shows us -

Helena He wants to redeem us!

Fabry Let them touch the fence -

Dr. Gall Haha, throwing hands!

Fabry (Shouting) Hell, Busman Away from the fence! Do not touch it! (Turn) Quick, turn it

off!

Dr. Gall Ooh!



Hallemeier God's sake!

Helena Jesus, what happened to him?

Domin (Pulls Helen from the window) Do not look!

Helena Why is he dead?

Fabry Killed shock.

Dr. Gall Dead.

Alquist (Stands up) first.

(Pause)

Fabry There is ... with half a billion on ... financial genius.

Domin It was a ... guys, it was kind of a hero. Great ... selfless ... friend ... Cry, Helen!

Dr. Gall (At the window) Look, Busman, no king had greater riches than you. Half a billion on

heart - Oh, it's a pile of dried leaves in a dead squirrel, poor Busman

Hallemeier Say, was not it - all the way - actually wanted to redeem us!

Alquist (With folded hands) Amen.

(Pause)

Dr. Gall Do you hear?

Domin Hum. As the wind.

Dr. Gall As a storm in the distance.

Fabry (Light bulb on fire) lights candle of humanity! S still running, still there are our - Hold

on, men!

Hallemeier It was a great thing to be a man. It was something tremendous. In my consciousnesslike a million buzzing with activity. Millions of souls coming together inside me.

Friends, it was a great thing.

Fabry Do You shine, Ingenious light, still shining bright, persevering thought! Knowingconsciously beautiful creation of mankind! Burning spark of genius!

Alquist The eternal lamp of God, a fiery chariot, sacred flame of faith, pray! Sacrificial altar -

Dr. Gall The first fire, burning branch in a cave! Fireplace in the camp! Frontier guards!

Fabry Do bdíš, human star, burning without a flicker, perfect flame, bright and resourceful.

Every beam is a great idea -

Domin The torch which passes from hand to hand, from age to age, ever onward.

Helena Evening lamp family. Children, children now sleep.

(Lamp off)

Fabry The end.

Hallemeier What happened?

Fabry She fell power. Now we are.



(From left to open the door to them is Nana)

Nana On your knees! The Day of Judgement!

Hallemeier Gosh, you're still alive?

Nana Repent, infidel! It's the end of the world! Pray! (Runs away) Day of Judgement -

Helena Goodbye everyone, Galle, Alquist, Fabry -

Domin (Opens the door to the right) here, Helena! Close the door behind her. Now fast!Who will be at the door?

Dr. Gall I am. (Noises) Ah, now it starts. Hey, guys! (Runs right wallpapered door)

Domin Stairs?

Fabry I am. Go to Helen. (Plucking a flower from the bouquet and leaves)

Domin Hallway?

Alquist I am.

Domin Do you have a gun?

Alquist Thank you, I do not shoot.


Alquist (Leaves) die.

Hallemeier I'll stay here.

(Bottom-fast shooting)

Hallemeier Oho, Gall was playing. Go on, Harry!

Domin Right. (Examining two Browning guns)

Hallemeier Hell, go for it!

Domin Goodbye. (Exit door on the right)

Hallemeier (Alone) Now build a barricade! Coat and pulls sofa, armchairs, tables to the door onthe right.

(Loud explosion)

Hallemeier (Lets work) Damn bastards, they have a bomb!

(New shooting)

Hallemeier (Work) We must defend! Even if - and when - do not be, Galle!

(Explosion)

Hallemeier (Gets up and listens) What? (Grabs a heavy chest of drawers and pulls her to thebarricade)

(The window rises behind the ladder Robot ... right shooting)

Hallemeier (Struggling with a chest of drawers) Just a bit! Last barricade ... Man ... not ... Never



give up!

(Robot jumps out the window and stabs Hallemeier behind the commode., Second,third, fourth robot jumps out the window. Radius for them and the other robot.)

Radius Done?

Robot (Gets up from lying E *) Yes.

(From right to fit the new robot)

Radius Done?

Other

RobotDone.

(More robots)

Radius Done?

Other

RobotYes.

Two

Robots(Drag in Alquist) did not shoot. Kill him?

Radius Kill. (Looks at Alquist) Leave.

Robot He's a man.

Radius It's a robot. Works with his hands like a robot. Build houses. It can work.

Alquist Kill me.

Radius Will work to do. You will build. Robots will build many. They will build houses for

new robots. You're going to serve them.

Alquist (Quietly) Stand back, Robot! (Kneels beside the dead E and raises his head) was

killed. He is dead.

Radius (Perform at the barricade) Robots of the world! Many humans have fallen. The

factory and we are masters of everything. Of mankind is over. A new world! The

government Robots!

Alquist Dead!

Radius The world belongs to the strongest. Who wants to live must govern. We are the

masters of the world! Government over land and sea! The Government of the stars!

Masters of the universe! Location, location, more space for robots!

Alquist (In the doorway on the right) What did you do? Perish without people!

Radius There are no people. Robots to work! Mars!

CURTAIN

ACT THREE



(One of the experimental laboratories factory. When you open the door in the background, you

can see an endless number of other laboratories. Left window, door right into the autopsy room.

During long wall on the left desk with countless test tubes, flasks, Bunsen burners, chemicals,lower thermostat; against the window microscopic apparatus with glass balls. hanging over the

table row of exposed light bulbs. desk right books with large, illuminated light bulb on it. Cabinetswith tools. in the left corner of the sink and mirror over it in the right corner of the sofa.)

(Sitting at the desk Alquist with his head resting in his hands)

Alquist (Flipping through the book) do not? -I do not understand? - I never learn? - LostScience! Oh, that everything written anything! - Galle, Galle, how do robots?

Hallemeier, Fabry, Domine, why did you take so much away in their heads? If youleave even a trace of mystery Rossum! Oh! (Slams the book) in vain! Books no

longer speak. They are dumb as anything. Died, died along with people! Looking!

(Gets up and goes to the window and opens it) again night. If I could sleep! To sleep,to dream, to see people - Why, even the stars? What are the stars, if not people? O

God, gone out? - Cool, Cool oh my brow, old night! Divine and fair as you used to -night, what do you want? There are no lovers, no dreams ó nanny is a dead sleep

without dreams, destroys prayers longer hallow bless Mother, hearts beating with

love. There is no love. Helen, Helen, Helen! - (Turns away from the window, lookingat a test tube, which took out the thermostat) again nothing! In vain! What to do?

(Breaks tube) is all wrong! You see know that I can not. - (Listens at the window)

Machinery keep those machines! Robots, stop it! I think that nich.vynutíte life? Oh, Ican not stand it! (Closes the window) --- No, no, you must, must live - not to be so

old! Not age too? (Looks in mirror) face, pathetic face! Resembles the last man! Letme look so long since I saw a human face! The human smile! What, is this supposed

to be a smile? Those yellow, chattering teeth? Eyes as you blink? Ugh, those are tears

of age, go! I do not know how you keep on moisture, shame on you! And you,softened, blue lips, what brebtáte? How to tremble, grizzled chin? This is the last one?

(Turns away) I do not want anyone to see! (Sits down at the table) No, no, just look!Bloody formula, come back to life! (Leafs) do not? - I do not understand? - I never

learn?

(Knocking)

Alquist Further!

(Fits ROBOT and stops at the door)

Alquist What is it?

Servant Sir, the Central Committee of the robot is waiting when it will accept.

Alquist I do not want to see anyone.

Servant Sir, Damon arrived from Havre.

Alquist Whether waiting. (Turns sharply) Did not I tell you to look for people? Find mepeople! Find me a man and a woman! Go search!

Servant Sir, said they were looking everywhere. Everywhere and sent an expedition ship.



Alquist Well, and what?

Servant There is no longer a single man.

Alquist (Stands up) Not even one! What, no one? - Bring committee!

(Servant leaves)

Alquist

itself

Not even one? Do not you let no one live? (Dupa) away, Robots! Again I will gripe!

Again you ask me you found the secret factory! What, now is a good man, now youhave help? - Oh, help! Domin, Fabry, Helena, you see that I'm doing what I can!

Unless people, whether they are at least Robots least shadow of a man, at least his

work, at least his likeness! - Oh, what folly is chemistry!

(Fits committee of five robots)

Alquist (Sitting) What are they robots?

Radius Sir, the machine can not work. Robots can not reproduce.

Alquist Call people.

Radius There are no people.

Alquist Only people can reproduce life. Hinder me.

Second

RobotLord, have mercy. It falls to us dread. Right everything we have done.

3rd Robot We have increased. We do not have where to put what we have produced.

Alquist For whom?

3rd Robot For the next generation.

Radius Only a robot can not produce. Machines issued only bloody pieces of meat. Skins do

not adhere to the meat and meat to the bones. Shapeless lumps of rain machines.

3rd Robot People knew the secret of life. Tell us their secrets.

4th Robot Not tell if we will perish.

3rd Robot If you do not tell, perish. We have to kill you.

Alquist (Stands) Kill! Well, So kill me!

3rd Robot You have been ordered -

Alquist Me? Someone instructs me?

3rd Robot Government robots.

Alquist Who is it?

5th Robot I, Damon.

Alquist What do you want? Go! (Sits down at his desk)

Damon The government Robots in the world wants to negotiate with you -

Alquist Do not bother, Robot! (Puts his head in his hands)

Damon Central Committee of the orders you gave Rossum's prescription.



Alquist (Silent)

Damon Ask price. We give you everything.

SecondRobot

Sir, tell us how to preserve life.

Alquist I said - I said, you have to find people. Only people can procreate. Restore life.

Return everything was. Robots, please for God's sake, look for them!

4th Robot We have searched everywhere, sir. There are no people.

Alquist Oh - oh - oh, why did you destroy!

Second

RobotWe wanted to be like men. We wanted to become human.

Radius We wanted to live. We are capable. We have learned everything. We can doeverything.

3rd Robot You have given us weapons. We had to become masters.

Robot Lord, we know the mistakes people.

Damon You have to kill a rule, if you want to be as people. Read history! Read books human!

You have to conquer and kill, if you want to be human!

Alquist Oh, Domine, nothing is cizejšího man than his image.

4th Robot Perish, and if not we reproduce.

Alquist Oh, just go away! You things, Why, slaves, would you like to multiply? To live, breed

like animals!

3rd Robot People did not give us the plemeniti.

4th Robot Teach us to make robots.

Damon We will bear machine. Build a thousand steam mothers. Pour forth from one river of

life. The very life! Nothing but Robots! Nothing but Robots!

Alquist Robots are not life. Robots are machines.

3rd Robot We were machines, sir, but from horror and pain we have become -

Alquist What?

SecondRobot

We became souls.

4th Robot Something about us struggling. There are moments when something gets into us.

Thoughts come to us, not from us.

3rd Robot Hear ye, hear ye, people are our fathers! The voice that calls that you want to live, thevoice that cries, the voice I think, the voice that speaks of eternity, it's their voice! We

are their sons!

4th Robot Give us link people.

Alquist There is none.

Damon Tell us the secret of life.



Alquist Is lost.

Radius You knew them.

Alquist He did not know.

Radius It was written.

Alquist Is lost. It burned. I'm the last man, robots, and know what others knew. You killed

them!

Radius We let you live.

Alquist Yes, live! Brutes, you let me live! I loved the people, and you, robot, I never loved.

You see these eyes? Do not stop crying, weeping for one people and the other for

you, robots.

Radius Do experiments. Search the prescription of life.

Alquist I do not what to look for. Robots of prescription vials life does not work out.

Damon Experiments on live Robotech. Find out how they are doing!

Alquist The living body? What, am I supposed to kill them? I, who have never - not talk,

Robot! I'm telling you that I'm too old! You see, you see how my fingers shake? Holda scalpel. See how my eyes tear? He could not see my own hands. No, no, I can not!

4th Robot Life perish.

Alquist Do not, for God's sake, this madness! More likely that people will pass life from

another world, perhaps stretching out his hand to us full of life. Oh, had such a will tolive! Search, perhaps still return are so close to us, surrounding us or something, they

want us to tunnel through. Oh, did I hear those voices that I loved?

Damon Take the live bodies!

Alquist Have pity, Robot, and insisting! Can not you see that I no longer know what I'mdoing!

Damon Live body!

Alquist What, you really want? - The autopsy with you! Here, here, quick! - What, you're

walking backwards? So you are afraid of death?

Damon I - why me?

Alquist You therefore do not want?

Damon I will go. (This is right)

Alquist (To the others) Undress him! Put on the table! Quick! A solid stick!

(All right)

Alquist (Washes his hands and crying) Oh, God, give me strength! Give me strength! God,that it was not in vain! (Wears a white coat)

The voice

of the rightDone!

Alquist Now, now, for God's sake! (Takes off the table a few bottles of reagents) which to



take? (Tapping the vial into each other) Which one of you try?

The voice

of the rightStart!

Alquist Yes, yes, start, or stop. God, give me strength! (Exit on the right, leaving the doorajar)

(Pause)

VoiceAlquistův

Hold it - fast!

Damon's

voiceCut!

(Pause)

Voice

AlquistůvYou see this knife? Do you still want me to cut? You do not want to, right?

Damon's

voiceBegin!

(Pause)

Shouting

DamonAAAA!

VoiceAlquistův

Hold! Hold!

Shouting

DamonAAAA!

VoiceAlquistův

I can not!

Shouting

Damon Cut! Cut quickly!

(Robots Primus and Helena run in the middle)

Helena Prime, Prime, what's happening? Who was screaming?

Primus (Looking into the autopsy room) cuts the Lord Damon. Come quickly and look,

Helen!

Helena No, no, no! (Covering her eyes) It's horrible!

Shouting

DamonCut!

Helena Prime, Prime, come here! I can not hear! Oh, Primus, I was wrong!

Primus (Runs to her) You're pretty white!

Helena I fall! What is there so quiet?



Shouting

DamonAa - oh!

Alquist (Rushes right, tosses the bloodied coat) I can not! I can not! God, the horror!

Radius (In the doorway autopsy) Cut, sir, is still alive!

ShoutingDamon

Cut! Cut!

Alquist Take it quickly! I do not want to hear it!

Radius Robots can withstand more than you. (Leaves)

Alquist Who is here? Away, away! I want to be alone! What is your name?

Primus Robot Primus.

Alquist Prime, anyone here nevpouštět! I want to sleep, you hear? Go, go clean the autopsy,

girl! What is it? (Looks at his hands) Water, quickly! Fresh water!

(Helena runs away)

Alquist Oh, the blood! How could you hands - hands that you loved a good job, how could

you do it? My hands! My hands! - Oh, God, who is here?


Alquist Take the jacket, I do not see it! (Primus take away the sheathing)

Alquist The bloody claws, if you departed from me! Vpp, gone! Gone hands! You killed -

(Right staggers Damon wrapped in a bloody sheet)

Alquist (Backs) What do you want? What do you want?

Damon Zi-live! It - it - it is better to live!

(2nd A. 3 Robot run in after him)

Alquist Get him! Take! Take fast!

Damon (Drained right) Life! - I want to - live! It is better -

(Helena brings a pitcher of water)

Alquist - Live? - What are you, girl? Oh, it's you. Give me some water, quick! (Washinghands) Oh, clean, cold water! Cold stream, you do well! Oh, my hands, my hands! I'll

take you to the death loathing? --- Pour some more! More water, more! What is yourname?

Helena Robotka Helena.

Alquist Helena? Why Helena? Who gave you that name?

Helena Ms. dominate.

Alquist Show yourself! Helena! Helena is your name? - I will not call it that. Go, bring thewater.

(Helena goes with bucket)



Alquist (Alone) in vain, in vain! Nothing, again you did not know! Which ever you fumble,Zack nature? - God, God, God, how that body was shaking! (Opens) lights. Another

day, and have not advanced an inch - Enough, even a step further! Looking!Everything is in vain, in vain, in vain! Why not shine! Oh-oh-oh, she wants a new day

in the cemetery of life? Pull out the light! Do not go on! - Oh, how quiet, how quiet!

Why have you gone, beloved voices? If - at least if I just fell asleep! (Turned off thelights, lie down on the couch and pulls himself over black cloak) How that body was

shaking! Oh-oh-oh, the end of life!

(Pause)

(Right slips Robotka Helena)

Helena Primus! Come quickly!

Primus (Fits) What do you want?

Helena Look what he's got tubes! What are you doing?

Primus Attempts. Do not touch it.

Helena (Looking into a microscope) look what there is to see!

Primus This is the microscope. Show!

Helena Do not touch me! (Defeats tube) Oh, now I've spilled!

Primus What have you done!

Helena It wipes.

Primus You blew it attempts!

Helena Really, it does not matter. But it is your fault. You did not come to me.

Primus You did not have to call me.

Helena You did not have to come when I called you. Just look at Prime, here is what the

Lord says!

Primus You should not look, Helen. That's the secret.

Helena What is the secret?

Primus The secret of life.

Helena It is interesting to horrible all numbers! What is it?

Primus That's the formula.

Helena I do not understand. (Goes to window) Not directly, look!

Primus What?

Helena The sun rises!

Primus Wait, I just - (looking at a book) Helen, this is the greatest thing in the world.

Helena Come here!

Primus Right, right -



Helena But Prime, let the nasty secret of life! What are you after a secret? Come look, come

on!

Primus (Follows her to the window) What do you want?

Helena Do you hear? Birds are singing. Oh, Prime, I would like to be a bird!

Primus What?

Helena I do not know, Prime. I feel so strange, I do not know what it is I'm so silly, I lost my

head, my body hurts, heart, everything hurts - What happened to you me, oh, I tellyou! Prime, I think I'm dying!

Primus Do not you ever tell Helen, it would be better to die? You know, maybe we're just

sleeping. Yesterday in my sleep I was talking with you again.

Helena The sleeping?

Primus In sleeping. We talked to some foreign or new language because I do not remember a

word.

Helena What?

Primus Nobody knows. I myself did not understand, and yet I know that I never said anythingmore beautiful. As it was and where I do not know. When I touched you, I could die.

I place was different than anything anyone has ever seen.

Helen I've found a place directly, with podivíš. People lived there, but now it's overgrownand exclaim there never comes. Exclaim no one but me.

Primus What is there?

Helena Nothing, house and garden. A two dogs. If you saw me licking their hands, and their

puppies, oh, Prime, perhaps nothing is more beautiful! You take them on your lap andcuddle and then not thinking about anything and not worry about anything until

sundown then when you wake up, you feel as though you have done a hundred timesmore than busy. No, of course I'm no good, everyone says I'm not to perform any

work. I do not know what I am.

Primus You are beautiful.

Helena I? Go, Prime, what did you say?

Primus Believe me, Helen, I'm stronger than all the robots.

Helena (The mirror) that I'm beautiful? Oh, those horrible hair, if I could do something with it!You know, there in the garden I always put flowers in my hair, but there is neither a

mirror nor anyone - (leans toward the mirror) You know you're beautiful? Whybeautiful? They are beautiful hair that weigh you down? They are beautiful eyes that

close? They are beautiful lips, in which a bite to hurt? What is it, what is it to be

beautiful? - (See in the mirror Prima) Prime, is that you? Come here, let there besideyou! Behold, you have a different head than I, another arm, another mouth - oh,

Prime, why are you avoiding me? Why do I need for you to run around all day? Andthen you say I'm beautiful!

Primus You run away from me, Helen.

Helena How did your hair? Show (pulls his hair with both hands) SSS Prime, nothing feels

quite like you! Wait, you have to be beautiful! (Taken from sinks and comb combing



her hair in front PRIME)

Primus Do not you ever, Helen, that once the beating heart: Now, now, something musthappen -

Helena (It is to laugh) Look at you!

Alquist (Standing) What - what, laughter? People? Who's back?

Helena (Release ridge) What would be with us, Prime happen?

Alquist (Spinning to him) People? You - you - you people?

(Helena cries and turns away)

Alquist Are you engaged? People? Where did you come from? (Touch the Prima) Who areyou?


Alquist How? Bring it on, baby! Who are you!

Helena Robotka Helena.

Alquist Robotka? Turnover! What, are you embarrassed? (Takes her by the arm) Let me seeyou, lady Robot!

Primus I say, sir, let it!

Alquist What, you're protecting her? - Go out, girl!

(Helena runs)

Primus We did not know, sir, that there's more.

Alquist When was it made?

Primus Two years ago.

Alquist From Dr. Galla?

Primus Like me.

Alquist So, dear Prime, I --- I have to do some experiments on Gallo's Robotech. It dependson everything else, you know?

Primus Yes.

Alquist Well, Take the girl to the morgue. I'll dissect it.

Primus Helen?

Alquist Well of course, I tell you. Go get everything ready. - Well, it'll be? I call the other tobring it?

Primus (Grabs a heavy mallet) the lateral movement to smash your head!

Alquist So Break! Just a Break! What will they do then robots?

Primus (Falls to his knees) Lord, take me! I made exactly like her, from the same fabric, thesame day! Take my life, sir! (Rozhaluje jacket) Cut here, here!

Alquist Go on, I want to dissect Helen. Do it quickly.



Primus Take me instead of her chest Cut into this not scream or sigh! Take my life a hundred

times -

Alquist Easy, boy. Not so lavishly. Do not you want to live?

Primus Without the Sun Without her I do not, sir. You can not kill Helen! What did they do,take my life?

Alquist (Gently touches his head) Well, I do not know - Listen, my friend, think about it. It is

hard to die. And, you see, it is better to live.

Primus (Stands up) Do not worry, sir, and cut. I'm stronger than her.

Alquist (Rings) Oh, Prime, as long as I was a young man! Do not worry, Helen, nothinghappens.

Primus (Unbuttoning his jacket) I'm going, sir.

Alquist Wait.

(Fits Helena)

Alquist Come on, girl, let me! So you are Helena? (Stroking her hair) Do not be afraid, do not

pull away. Remember Mrs. Domin? Oh, Helen, what hair she had! No, no, you donot want to look at me. Well, a girl's autopsy room cleaned?

Helena Yes, sir.

Alquist Well, help me, do not you? I'll dissect Prima.

Helena (Shouts) Prima?

Alquist Well, yes, yes, it has to be, you know? I was - actually - yes, I wanted to dissect you,but Primus is offered for you.

Helena (Covers her face) Primus?

Alquist But of course, what of it? Oh, baby, you can cry? Tell me, what does it have any

direct.

Primus Do not worry about it, sir!

Alquist Quiet, Prime, silence! - Why the tears? Well, God, not Prima. You'll forget it in a

week. Go on, be glad you're alive.

Helena (Quietly) I'll go.

Alquist Where?

Helena To me dissected.

Alquist You? You're beautiful, Helen. It would be a shame.

Helena I will go. (Primus She represents the way) Fast Prime! Let me go there!

Primus You do not go, Helen! Please go, you should not be here!

Helena I jump out the window, Prime! If you go there, I'll jump out the window!

Primus (Holding it) let go! (K Alquist) Nobody, old, thou shalt not kill!

Alquist Why?



Primus We - we - we belong to each other.

Alquist You're told. (Opens the door in the middle) Silence. Go.

Primus Where?

Alquist (Whispers) Where do you want. Helen, lead him. (Sticking it out) Go on, Adam. Go,Eve you his wife. Bud her husband, Prime.

(Closes behind them)

Alquist (He) blessed day! (Tiptoes to the table and poured down the tube) Holidays sixthday! (Sits at his desk, throwing books on the floor, then opened the Bible, scrolls and

reads) "And God created man in his own image in the image of God he created him,male and female he created them. Blessed them, and God said Rosttež and multiply,

and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and

over the fowl of the air, and over all the creatures that stirs the ground. (standing) AndGod saw everything that he had made, and it was very good. I became evening and

the morning were the sixth day. " (Goes to the center of the room) Day Six! Day ofgrace. (Falls to knees) Now, Lord, your servant - a servant of his nejzbytečnějšího

Alquist. Rossum, Fabry, Gall, great inventors, you've invented a great against the girl

against the boys, against the first pair, who invented love, cry, smile love, love, menand women? Nature, nature, life will not perish! Friends, Helena, life will not perish! It

will begin from love, starts out naked and tiny; takes in the wilderness, and he will not

for nothing that we did and built our towns and factories, our art, our thoughts areuseless, and yet perish! Only we have perished. The houses are in ruins and machine

systems will collapse and the names of our great will fall away like leaves, only you,love, will blossom on this rubbish heap and commit the seed to the winds of life. Now,

Lord, your servant in peace because they saw my eyes - they saw - thy salvation

through love, and life will not perish! (Standing) not perish! (He stretches out his hand)not perish!

CURTAIN

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