This Student Edition of Brecht's classic satire on the rise of Hitler
features an extensive introduction and commentary that includes a plot
summary, discussion of the context, themes, characters, style and
language as well as questions for further study and notes on words and
phrases in the text. It is the perfect edition for students of theatre
and literature. Described 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. Written 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.
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ISBN
9781472538208
Publisert
2020
Utgave
1. utgave
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Vendor
Methuen Drama
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Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
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