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In this savage and witty parable written in exile in 1941, Brecht recasts the rise of Hitler as a small-time Chicago gangster's takeoverof the city's greengrocery trade. This prizewinning translation by Ralph Manheim skilfully captures the wide range of parody and pastichein the original - from Richard III to Al Capone, from Mark Antony to Faust - without diminishing the horror of the real-life Nazi prototypes.
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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.
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Bertolt Brecht (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. His landmark plays include The Threepenny Opera and, while exiled from Germany and living in the USA, such masterpieces as The Life of Galileo, Mother Courage and The Caucasian Chalk Circle.
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Collected Plays _ Volume Six Part Two
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COLLECTED PLAYS Volume 6ii: The Resistable Rise of Arturo Ui
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Brecht Collected Plays: The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui : Part 2 (6)
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