{"product_id":"9781472566577","title":"The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eThe Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Bertolt Brecht\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\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. 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9781472566577\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Methuen Drama","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":40596806959310,"sku":"9781472566577","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/getimage_7944b13e-d6d6-435e-b815-d5b4f6be54ed.jpg?v=1637866316","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9781472566577","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}