Guido Corsi theatrical performance at the ICTP - reminder

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If you are interested to contribute to the announced theatrical 
performance to be held in March 2016 at ICTP with the secondary school 
students,
please note that you should express your interest by tomorrow, November 13.

To have an idea, the text of the original play "R.U.R." -on which the 
script will be freely based- is available in two different English 
translations at:

http://self.gutenberg.org/wplbn0002096542-rossum-s-universal-robots-by-karel-capek.aspx

https://ebooks.adelaide.edu.au/c/capek/karel/rur/


See below the original announcement posted on 30/10/2015.


For the third time, ICTP is pleased to host a play staged by students 
from the Trieste secondary school "G. Corsi", under the expert guidance 
of the teachers Elisabetta Gustini and Silvana Aleffi.

The performance will take place in the Budinich Lecture Hall on 9 March 
2016 and foresees participation ofICTP scientists and staff together 
with the students, as in the previous editions.

After presenting the intriguing personalities of Nikola Tesla and 
Hypatia, this year's proposal will be based on a play by Karel Capek a 
precursor of science fiction. The Czech author, in his play "R.U.R. 
Rossum’s Universal Robots" (1920), is the one who introduced and made 
popular the word "robot" to define non-human replacements of human beings/./

The subject is truly inspiring, it opens up both scientific and moral 
themes: like possible evolution of social relations, development of 
artificial intelligence, freedom from material work, and more widely the 
frontiers of science.


Anyone interested to actively contribute to the project is most welcome.

You can either write a text based on personal feelings/experiences, to 
be inserted in the script, and then read or play it on stage, or just 
take part by acting with the students.

Food for thoughts will be provided to those who will show their interest 
to participate: the original text of the play (in the English or Italian 
translation) and a series of questions to reflect upon.

Kindly contact us by: 13 November to express your interest.
The deadline for the written contributions, for inclusion in the script, 
is December 11, 2015.

Participants will be asked to take part in some rehearsal with students.


Thank you.


Nicoletta Zar (zar at ictp.it <mailto:zar at ictp.it>)






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