{"product_id":"the-resistible-rise-of-arturo-ui-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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBertolt Brecht\u003c\/b\u003e (1898-1956) is acknowledged as one of the great dramatists whose plays, work with the Berliner Ensemble and writing have had a considerable influence on the theatre. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eJennifer Wise\u003c\/b\u003e is Associate Professor in the Department of Theatre at the University of Victoria, Canada. Her books include \u003ci\u003eDionysus Writes: The Invention of Theatre in Ancient Greece\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Broadview Anthology of Drama \u003c\/i\u003e(as co-editor) and \u003ci\u003eHudson's Bay Journals\u003c\/i\u003e (as illustrator). Her essays are published in such venues as \u003ci\u003eTheater der Zeit Recherchen\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eReader's Digest\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTheatre Survey\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eArethusa\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Methuen Drama","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51830492168466,"sku":"9781408179932","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_784a759d-46a7-4f71-93cf-0603f38d0542.jpg?v=1769532841","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-resistible-rise-of-arturo-ui-9781408179932","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}