{"product_id":"the-resistible-rise-of-arturo-ui-9781472566577","title":"The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui","description":"Described 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis version, originally translated by George Tabori, has been revised by leading Scottish playwright Alistair Beaton.\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) was a major dramatist of the twentieth century, and the founder of one of the most influential theatre companies, the Berliner Ensemble. He created of some of the landmark plays of the twentieth century: \u003ci\u003eThe Threepenny Opera\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLife of Galileo\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMother Courage and her Children\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Caucasian Chalk Circle\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eGeorge Tabori \u003c\/b\u003e(1914-2007) was a Hungarian writer. His works for the stage included \u003ci\u003eMein Kampf\u003c\/i\u003e, an adaptation of Hitler's book, reimagined as comedy; and \u003ci\u003eCannibals\u003c\/i\u003e, a major hit in the late '60s and the first play to be set entirely in Auschwitz. He also worked as Bertolt Brecht's assistant and translator. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlistair Beaton\u003c\/b\u003e's plays and translations include \u003ci\u003eFeelgood\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Caledonia, King of Hearts\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eFollow My Leader\u003c\/i\u003e, Max Frisch's \u003ci\u003eThe Arsonists\u003c\/i\u003e, and Brecht's \u003ci\u003eCaucasian Chalk Circle\u003c\/i\u003e. For television, he has written the award-winning\u003ci\u003e A Very Social Secretary \u003c\/i\u003e(2005) and the Channel 4 film\u003ci\u003e The Trial of Tony Blair \u003c\/i\u003e(2007).\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Methuen Drama","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51985415438610,"sku":"9781472566577","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_ac4593b7-e00e-48c8-8e2c-896906ea4cbc.jpg?v=1769534062","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-resistible-rise-of-arturo-ui-9781472566577","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}