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It chronicles the rise of Arturo Ui, a fictional 1930s Chicago mobster, and his attempts to control the cauliflower racket by ruthlessly disposing of the opposition. The play is a satirical allegory of the rise of Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party in Germany prior to World War II.
- Bertolt Brecht
- 1965
Sep 29, 2013 · At first, the most surprising thing about Henry Goodman’s Arturo Ui is the idea that he could ever possibly rise without being resisted. When Goodman makes his initial entrance, he is such a ...
Oct 11, 2013 · Culture | Theatre. The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui, Duchess Theatre - theatre review. Henry Goodman dazzles as small-time gangster Arturo Ui, who is a very loosely veiled Adolf Hitler....
Arturo Ui is a brash montage that oscillates between the parabolic simplicity of unmasking historical events and a complex and ostentatious artificiality. The play's relation to historical reality is reductive and allusive rather than representative.
It will begin performances there Sept. 18 prior to an official opening Sept. 25, for a season that is booking through Dec. 7. By Mark Shenton. March 08, 2013. First seen at Chichester last...
Jan 6, 2024 · The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui runs 16-20 January at South London Theatre. Buy your tickets here. Share: COPY LINK. Penelope Lipsham previews her production of The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui by Bertolt Brech.
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The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui (Der aufhaltsame Aufstieg des Arturo Ui) is a 1941 play by the German playwright Bertolt Brecht. Ostensibly telling the story of a gangster, Arturo Ui, as he seizes control of the vegetable trade in Chicago and neighboring Cicero, Illinois, Brecht’s play is a satirical allegory of the Nazis’ rise to power.
