{"product_id":"the-resistible-rise-of-arturo-bertolt-brecht-9781408179932","title":"The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui","description":"\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 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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. \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\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\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1408179938\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781408179932\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Methuen Drama\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/25\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 112\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.25lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.70h x 5.10w x 0.40d","brand":"Bertolt Brecht","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43983560966399,"sku":"9781408179932","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d9502293-0fff-4967-884c-8c57f3279a19.jpg?v=1683267378","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-resistible-rise-of-arturo-bertolt-brecht-9781408179932","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}