Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui, the (Tabori, Trans.) - Paperback

by George Tabori (Author), Bertolt Brecht (Author)

Bertolt Brecht
Translated by George Tabori

Characters: 30 male, 5 female

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 that was produced on Broadway with Christopher Plummer. 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 Goeb