The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui
Book Details
Format
Paperback / Softback
Book Series
Modern Classics
ISBN-10
0413478106
ISBN-13
9780413478108
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint
Methuen Drama
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Sep 3rd, 1981
Print length
144 Pages
Weight
174 grams
Dimensions
19.80 x 13.10 x 1.10 cms
Product Classification:
Plays, playscriptsPlays, playscripts, drama
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A reissue of Brecht's classic play written in exile. In this savage and witty parable, the rise of Hitler is recast as a small-time Chicago gangster's takeover of the city's greengrocery trade. Included are Brecht's own notes and commentary by John Willett and Ralph Manheim.
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 small-time Chicago gangster's takeover of the city's greengrocery trade. 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. Presented in Methuen Drama's Modern Classics series, this is the standard critical edition of the play featuring extensive editorial notes and an introduction.
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