The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui
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- Paperback
144 pages
- Release Date
31 July 2006
Summary
The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui: A Gangster Parable for Our Times
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 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 w…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780413478108 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0413478106 |
| Author: | Bertolt Brecht, John Willett, Ralph Manheim |
| Publisher: | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Imprint: | Methuen Drama |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 144 |
| Edition: | 1st |
| Release Date: | 31 July 2006 |
| Weight: | 176g |
| Dimensions: | 202mm x 124mm x 9mm |
| Series: | Modern Classics |
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Bertolt Brecht
Bertolt Brecht (1898-1956) was a major dramatist of the twentieth century and the founder of one of the most influential theatre companies, the Berliner Ensemble. He created some of the landmark plays of the twentieth century: The Threepenny Opera, Life of Galileo, Mother Courage, and The Caucasian Chalk Circle.
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