{"product_id":"9781472538215","title":"The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui","description":"This 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', \u003ci\u003eArturo Ui\u003c\/i\u003e is \u003cb\u003ea 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.\u003c\/b\u003e Using a wide range of parody and pastiche - from Al Capone to Shakespeare's \u003ci\u003eRichard III\u003c\/i\u003e and Goethe's\u003ci\u003e Faust\u003c\/i\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","brand":"Bloomsbury USA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47125027258608,"sku":"9781472538215","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781472538215_p0.jpg?v=1769892804","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781472538215","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}