The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui (Manheim)
The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui (Manheim)
Bertolt Brecht, Ralph Manheim
ISBN: 9780413478108
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Overview
A grimly humorous 'parable play' in blank verse, in which Hitler's rise to power is illustrated in the'story of a small-time gan'ster's take-over of the greengrocery trade in Chicago. A brief six-line Epilogue poin's out how nearly Hitler ruled the world.
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- Genre: Adaptation (Stage & Screen)
- Cast Attributes: Expandable Casting, Room for Extras
Authors
Bertolt Brecht
Bertolt Brecht (1898-1956), playwright, poet and director, was born in Augsburg, Germany in February 1898. He established himself as a playwright during the 1920s and early 1930s with plays such as Baal, Man is Man, The Threepenny Opera and The Mother. In 1933, as Hitler came ...
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