{"product_id":"9781408179932","title":"Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui","description":"\u003ch3\u003eModern Plays\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eResistible Rise of Arturo Ui\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBertolt Brecht | Bruce Norris\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eDrama \/ General\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\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 fictional, small-time Chicago gangster's takeover of the city's greengrocery trade in the 1930s.  The satirical allegory combines Brecht's Epic style of theatre with black comedy and overt didacticism.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eUsing 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 of \u003ci\u003eThe Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui\u003c\/i\u003e is by Canadian theatre academic Jennifer Wise.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBertolt Brecht\u003c\/b\u003e (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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJennifer Wise\u003c\/b\u003e is Associate Professor in the Department of Theatre at the University of Victoria, Canada. Her books include \u003ci\u003eDionysus Writes: The Invention of Theatre in Ancient Greece\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Broadview Anthology of Drama \u003c\/i\u003e(as co-editor) and \u003ci\u003eHudson's Bay Journals\u003c\/i\u003e (as illustrator). Her essays are published in such venues as \u003ci\u003eTheater der Zeit Recherchen\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eReader's Digest\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTheatre Survey\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eArethusa\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e25 April 2013\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\u003e9781408179932\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\u003e112\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e4.32\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51331529244812,"sku":"9781408179932","price":16.16,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9781408179932","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}