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Full-Length Play, Drama / 5w, 30m
Bertolt Brecht, Ralph Manheim
Brecht’s shudderingly accurate parallel between Hitler and his henchmen on the one hand and the old crime lords of Chicago on the other is a vigorous eye opener whose message resounds powerfully through the years.
The Cauliflower Trust in Chicago is in need of help and turns to a racketeer by the name of Arturo Ui to begin a "protection" campaign. His henchmen look astonishingly like Goebbels and Goring. Their activities include "accidental" fires and a St. Valentine’s Day massacre.
The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui was first performed on Broadway in 1963, in a production starring Christopher Plummer.
Chicago, as fascism begins to rise.
“Laughable, ludicrous and menacing.” – The Guardian
“A wild and grotesque sort of clown show, with everything seen through a distorting mirror.... An ideal vehicle for a director who knows how to shoot the work in his staging.” – New York Post