The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui

The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui

Described by Brecht as 'a gangster play that would recall certain events familiar to us all', Arturo Ui is a witty and savage satire of the rise of Hitler - recast by Brecht into a fictional, small-time Chicago gangster's takeover of the city's greengrocery trade in the 1930s. The satirical allegory combines Brecht's Epic style of theatre with black comedy and overt didacticism.

Using a wide range of parody and pastiche - from Al Capone to Shakespeare's Richard III and Goethe's Faust - Brecht's compelling parable continues to have relevance wherever totalitarianism appears today.

Written during the Second World War in 1941, the play was one of the Berliner Ensemble's most outstanding box-office successes in 1959, and has continued to attract a succession of major actors, including Leonard Rossiter, Christopher Plummer, Antony Sher and Al Pacino.

This version of The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui is by Canadian theatre academic Jennifer Wise.

  • Format: Paperback | 112 pages
  • Dimensions: 129 x 198 x 10.16mm | 122g
  • Publication date: 25 Apr 2013
  • Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
  • Imprint: Methuen Drama
  • Publication City/Country: London, United Kingdom
  • Language: English
  • ISBN10: 1408179938
  • ISBN13: 9781408179932
  • Bestsellers rank: 287,107

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