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The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui
Bertolt Brecht
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Description for The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui
Paperback. "Original work entitled Der aufhaltsame Aufstieg des Arturo Ui." Translator(s): Beaton, Alistair; Tabori, George. Series: Modern Plays. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: AN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 198 x 131 x 7. Weight in Grams: 120.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
112
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Series
Modern Plays
Condition
New
Number of Pages
112
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781472566577
SKU
V9781472566577
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About Bertolt Brecht
Bertolt Brecht (1898-1956) was a major dramatist of the twentieth century, and the founder of one of the most influential theatre companies, the Berliner Ensemble. He created of some of the landmark plays of the twentieth century: The Threepenny Opera, Life of Galileo, Mother Courage and her Children and The Caucasian Chalk Circle. George Tabori (1914–2007) was a Hungarian ... Read more
Reviews for The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui
The 1964 translation by George Tabori, souped up by Alistair Beaton, fizzes with verbal pep and clever couplets . . . there’s never a dull minute . . . We are wooed by relentless spectacle and our enjoyment is integral to the play’s chilling kick.
Daily Telegraph
Alistair Beaton’s revised version of the text is pleasingly sparky ... ... Read more
Daily Telegraph
Alistair Beaton’s revised version of the text is pleasingly sparky ... ... Read more