RUR & War with the NewtsWritten against the background of the rise of Nazism, War with the Newts concerns the discovery in the South Pacific of a sea dwelling race, which is enslaved and exploited by mankind. In time they rebel, laying siege to the strongholds of their former masters in a global war for supremacy. R. U. R., or Rossum's Universal Robots, seen by many as a modern interpretation of the 'golem' myth, is regarded as the most important play in the history of