{"product_id":"the-resistable-rise-of-arturo-ui-paperback","title":"The Resistable Rise of Arturo Ui - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBertolt Brecht\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDescribed 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWritten 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePresented in Methuen Drama's Modern Classics series, this is the standard critical edition of the play featuring extensive editorial notes and an introduction.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eA major dramatist of the twentieth century, Bertolt Brecht (1898-1956) was the founder of one of the most influential theatre companies, the Berliner Ensemble, and the creator of some of the landmark plays of the twentieth century: \u003ci\u003eThe Threepenny Opera\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLife of Galileo\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMother Courage\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Caucasian Chalk Circle\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 144\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 7.8 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 01, 2010\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42736853745727,"sku":"9780413478108","price":24.13,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/e9b7b673e3d3d894815b6ab59fdfb9af.webp?v=1765148074","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/the-resistable-rise-of-arturo-ui-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}