{"product_id":"the-resistible-rise-of-arturo-ui-by-bertolt-brecht-9781472566577","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', \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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eUsing a wide range of parody and pastiche – from Al Capone to Shakespeare's \u003ci\u003eRichard III\u003c\/i\u003e and Goethe's \u003ci\u003eFaust\u003c\/i\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, originally translated by George Tabori, has been revised by leading Scottish playwright Alistair Beaton.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47455803998444,"sku":"9781472566577","price":27.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/71phByPQ3ZL._SL1500.jpg?v=1774799547","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/the-resistible-rise-of-arturo-ui-by-bertolt-brecht-9781472566577","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}