{"product_id":"the-resistible-rise-of-arturo-bertolt-brecht-9781472566577","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', \u003ci\u003eThe Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui\u003c\/i\u003e 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\u003eThis version, originally translated by George Tabori, has been revised by leading Scottish playwright Alistair Beaton.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Bertolt Brecht\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1472566572\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781472566577\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Methuen Drama\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/15\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 112\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.23lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.92h x 5.15w x 0.30d","brand":"Bertolt Brecht","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47202902245631,"sku":"9781472566577","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_0d3d4d26-83fa-4fa9-9594-cc5ed3b4acd3.jpg?v=1756833744","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-resistible-rise-of-arturo-bertolt-brecht-9781472566577","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}