{"product_id":"the-resistible-rise-of-arturo-ui-by-bertolt-brecht-9781408179932","title":"The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDescribed by Brecht as 'a gangster play that would recall certain events familiar to us all', \u003cem\u003eArturo Ui\u003c\/em\u003e is a witty and savage satire of the rise of Hitler. Brecht recasts it 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\n\n\u003cp\u003eUsing a wide range of parody and pastiche—from Al Capone to Shakespeare's \u003cem\u003eRichard III\u003c\/em\u003e and Goethe's \u003cem\u003eFaust\u003c\/em\u003e—Brecht's compelling parable continues to have relevance wherever totalitarianism appears today.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis version of \u003cem\u003eThe Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui\u003c\/em\u003e is by Canadian theatre academic Jennifer Wise.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47428309778668,"sku":"9781408179932","price":27.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781408179932.jpg?v=1774497075","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/the-resistible-rise-of-arturo-ui-by-bertolt-brecht-9781408179932","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}