The Resistable Rise of Arturo Ui

Year 12 Drama have been exploring this play described by Brecht as ‘a gangster play that would recall certain events familiar to us all’, Arturo Ui is a witty and savage satire of the rise of Hitler – recast by Brecht into a fictional takeover of Chicago’s greengrocery trade in the 1930s. The satirical allegory combines Brecht’s epic theatre style with black comedy and overt didacticism.