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The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui (Modern Plays): Vol 6
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Product Description
In this savage and witty parable written in exile in 1941, Brecht recasts the rise of Hitler as a small-time Chicago gangster's takeover of the city's greengrocery trade. This prizewinning translation by Ralph Manheim skilfully captures the wide range of parody and pastiche in the original - from Richard III to Al Capone, from Mark Antony to Faust - without diminishing the horror of the real-life Nazi prototypes.
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #16084 in Books
- Published on: 1981-09-03
- Original language: German
- Binding: Paperback
- 144 pages
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About the Author
A major dramatist of the twentieth century, Bertolt Brecht (1898-1956) was the founder of one of the most influential theatre companies, the Berliner Ensemble, and the creator of some of the landmark plays of the twentieth century: The Threepenny Opera, The Life of Galileo, Mother Courage and The Caucasian Chalk Circle.
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A humerous, but chillng account of a truly resistable rise
Brecht perfectly displays the rise of a true evil, Hitler in the disguise of a gangster from the Bronx. Written in sheer briliance, the word play creates pain stabbingly funny moments immeadiately turning into sinister situations chilling to the bone.
Reading the play you are left to wonder why nothing was done to stop Ui (Hitler), but as Brecht highlights in his epilogue, there will always be people like this in society, and we had a lucky escape.
A thrilling portrayal of Hitler�s rise to power
Yet another fantastic read from Bertolt Brecht. Set in the 1940's a frightening but brilliant political inside into Hitler's rise to power, portrayed in the character 'Arturo Ui'.
For some the book will merely be a challenging play, for others an important shift in history of which you can relate to present-day issues. Either way Brecht designed this play to make his audience think and question his work. Although you might find the play heavy at times, this is rescued by a chronological table situated at the back of the book, which runs parallel with the chapters in the play.
Brecht lovers a definite thumbs up - arguably one of his finest works!
