The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui

Described by Brecht as ''a gangster play that would recall certain events familiar to us all'', The Resistible Rise of 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.This version, originally translated by George Tabori, has been revised by leading Scottish playwright Alistair Beaton.>

Product details

• Authors: Bertolt Brecht
• Assisted by: Alistair Beaton (Translation), Alistair (Author) Beaton (Translation), Alistair (Playwright Beaton (Translation), George Tabori (Translation)
• Publisher: Methuen Drama
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 16.12.2013
• EAN: 9781472566577
• ISBN: 978-1-4725-6657-7
• No. of pages: 112
• Dimensions: 128 mm x 198 mm x 10 mm
• Series: Modern Plays; Modern Plays
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet