{"product_id":"9780713685114","title":"Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui","description":"\u003ch3\u003eStudent Editions\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eResistible Rise of Arturo Ui\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBertolt Brecht | Non Worrall | Jenny Stevens | Ralph Manheim | Chris Megson | Matthew Nichols | Sara Freeman\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eDrama \/ General\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis Student Edition of Brecht's classic satire on the rise of Hitler features an extensive\u003cbr\u003eintroduction and commentary that includes a plot summary, discussion of\u003cbr\u003ethe context, themes, characters, style and language as well as\u003cbr\u003equestions for further study and notes on words and phrases in the text.\u003cbr\u003eIt is the perfect edition for students of theatre and literature.\u003cbr\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 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eBertolt 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 \u003ci\u003eThe Threepenny Opera \u003c\/i\u003eand, while exiled from Germany and living in the USA, such masterpieces as \u003ci\u003eLife of Galileo\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMother Courage\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Caucasian Chalk Circle\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e01 March 2012\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMethuen Drama\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9780713685114\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaperback softback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e192\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e6.56\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51331333816460,"sku":"9780713685114","price":14.36,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/getimage_28511dfe-efe1-4447-8a6b-bc52a8d92c2d.jpg?v=1783595942","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9780713685114","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}