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9780713685114

The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui

by Brecht, Bertolt; Worrall, Non; Manheim, Ralph
  • ISBN13:

    9780713685114

  • ISBN10:

    0713685115

  • eBook ISBN(s):

    9781472538208

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2012-03-15
  • Publisher: Bloomsbury Methuen Drama

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Summary

An annotated student edition of one of Brecht's most famous plays and a classic of modern literature/theatre. 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. "One of the greatest poets and dramatists of our century" Observer

Author Biography

Bertolt Brecht (1898-1956) is acknowledged as one of the great dramatists whose plays, work with the Berliner Ensemble and writing have had a considerable influence on the theatre. His landmark plays include The Threepenny Opera and, while exiled from Germany and living in the USA, such masterpieces as Life of Galileo, Mother Courage and The Caucasian Chalk Circle.

Table of Contents

Bertolt Brecht: 1898-1956
Plot
Commentary
Who was Bertolt Brecht?
Brecht's views on theatre
Parallels - historical, literary, the American hoodlum
Problems of reception
The play in performance
Brecht's writings about Arturo Ui
Further Reading
The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui
Chronological Table
Notes
Questions for Further Study
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