The resistible rise of Arturo Ui
By: Bertolt Brecht ; translated by Ralph Manheim
Contributors: Manheim, Ralph, 1907-1992, translator
Series: Modern classics; Modern classics
Publisher: Bloomsbury
Published: 2014
Place of publication: London]
Language: eng
Subjects: Nazis; Drama; Gangsters
Work titles: Aufhaltsame Aufstieg des Arturo Ui
Description: 'The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui' is a savage satire in blank verse on the rise of Hitler, wittily transposed into a small-time gangster's takeover of Chicago's greengrocery trade. The seam of black comedy which runs through this political parable does not lessen the sharpness of its accusation; the unpleasantness of the pseudo-dictator Ui is hardly a revelation, but Brecht points to the resistibility of his rise, and the society that permitted it. Using a wide range of parody and pastiche Brecht creates a hilariously comic and darkly condemnatory allegory warning of the persistence of fascism.
Notes: This translation previously issued in print: London: Methuen Drama, 1981.

Translated from the German.