{"product_id":"9780413478108","title":"Resistable Rise Arturo Ui","description":"Author: Brecht,Bertolt\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9780413478108\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Bloomsbury\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 01 Aug 2006\u003cbr\u003ePages: 148 Format: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDescribed by Brecht as 'a gangster play that would recall certain events familiar to us all', \u003cspan style=\"FONT-STYLE- italic\"\u003eArturo Ui\u003c\/span\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 \u003cspan style=\"FONT-STYLE- italic\"\u003eRichard II\u003c\/span\u003eI and Goethe's \u003cspan style=\"FONT-STYLE- italic\"\u003eFaust\u003c\/span\u003e - 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\u003ePresented in Methuen Drama's Modern Classics series, this is the standard critical edition of the play featuring extensive editorial notes and an introduction.","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46616106107038,"sku":"UBD-9780413478108","price":23.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9780413478108.jpg?v=1773809225","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9780413478108","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}