Question

In Berlin, the Gob Squad produced a version of My Fair Lady where Myon, one of these characters, attempts to understand theater. In a play, the author may have used his lifelong experience with spondylitis to create these characters’ namesake “cramp.” In that play, a manuscript that says that the omega enzyme is the key to creating these characters (15[1])is burned after a character learns (15[1])about a new species of sterile flower. The ship Ultimus is used in an attempt to thwart a revolt of these beings led by (*) Radius. In a play, Alquist calls (10[1])Primus and Helena, two of these beings, the new Adam and (10[1])Eve. In that play, League of Humanity member Helena Glory argues for these beings’ liberation. For 10 points, Rossum makes what beings, whose “three laws” were developed by Isaac Asimov? ■END■

ANSWER: Robots [or Rossum’s Universal Robots; or Robot Cramp; prompt on R.U.R.] (the leadin refers to My Square Lady)
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2024 Booster Shot (Columbia)02/23/2024Y6100%67%0%84.00
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