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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
Written in 1941, Brecht’s The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui was, in his own words, conceived as a “ parable play, written with the aim of destroying the dangerous respect commonly felt for great killers;” 1 and, as the title and Brecht’s philosophy suggest, it is a parable whose “moral” may well be interpreted as vigilant resistance on the part o...
Nov 19, 2018 · The play, which Brecht wrote as a refugee in Finland, in early 1941, describes the rise of Hitler through the parable of a gangster in Chicago during the Great Depression. Brecht had fled...
- Alexandra Schwartz
Oct 21, 2002 · Written while Brecht was in exile in Finland in 1941, when the Nazis had consolidated their power and the war in Europe was under way, “Arturo Ui” paints a blunt picture of a smug society...
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.
Sep 29, 2013 · Alistair Beaton’s nimbly revised version of George Tabori’s translation emphasises references to other dramatic studies in abuse of power. And the whole show, by making tyranny comical ...
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Aug 2, 2008 · Arturo Ui, described by Brecht as a parable play, is set in Chicago and shows the rise of Hitler in Germany in the guise of Arturo Ui, the gangster, and a small bunch of thugs who take over the Cauliflower Trust in Chicago and then threaten to take over all the cities in America.
