{"product_id":"the-resistible-rise-of-arturo-ui-9781408179932","title":"The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui","description":"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 fictional, small-time Chicago gangster's takeover of the city's greengrocery trade in the 1930s. The satirical allegory combines Brecht's Epic style of theatre with black comedy and overt didacticism.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eUsing 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis version of \u003ci\u003eThe Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui\u003c\/i\u003e is by Canadian theatre academic Jennifer Wise.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Bertolt Brecht\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Methuen Drama\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/25\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSeries:\u003c\/b\u003e Modern Plays\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 112\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.25lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.70h x 5.10w x 0.40d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781408179932","brand":"Methuen Drama","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45089464090761,"sku":"9781408179932","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_49ad7f3c-89b0-4df1-9960-512c5c83c2d2.jpg?v=1766476676","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/the-resistible-rise-of-arturo-ui-9781408179932","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}