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- Title
- The resistible rise of Arturo Ui / Bertolt Brecht ; translated by Ralph Manheim ; edited by John Willett and Ralph Manheim.
- Author
- Brecht, Bertolt, 1898-1956
- Publication
- New York : Arcade Pub., 2001.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Request in advance | PT2603.R397 A9513 2001 | Off-site |
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- Description
- xx, 123 p.; 19 cm.
- Summary
- Bertolt Brecht referred to The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui as his "gangster play". Written in a matter of three weeks in 1941 during Brecht's exile in Finland, it takes place in his favorite U.S setting, Chicago, and satirizes Hitler's rise to power as the small-time takeover of the greengrocery trade in that mythic city. A brilliant parable, it is at once a trenchant retelling of the past and a serious warning - that fascism did not pass with the defeat of Hitler - for the future. Commissioned and authorized by the Brecht estate, Arcade's definitive edition of The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui contains a translation by John Willett and an introduction by the joint editors of Brecht's collected works in English, John Willett adn Ralph Manheim. The appednix provides Brecht's own notes and relevant texts as well as extensive editorial commentary on the genesis of the play. (Publisher).
- Uniform Title
- Aufhaltsame Aufstieg des Arturo Ui. English
- Alternative Title
- Aufhaltsame Aufstieg des Arturo Ui.
- Subject
- Drama
- Genre/Form
- Drama
- Note
- Play in 15 scenes.
- "The Arcade Brecht"--P. [4] of cover.
- Reprint. Originally published: London : Methuen, 1981.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- Introduction -- The resistible rise of Arturo Ui : a parable play -- Chronological table -- Notes and variants -- Texts by Brecht : Instructions for performance -- Alternative prologues -- Notes -- Later texts : Notes by Manfred Wekwerth -- Songs for the Berliner Ensemble production -- Editorial notes.
- ISBN
- 1559705434
- LCCN
- ^^^00135896^
- 9781559705431
- OCLC
- 46839467
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library