The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui

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The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui

play by Brecht

Also known as: “Arturo Ui”, “Der Aufhaltsame Aufstieg des Arturo Ui”(Show More)

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Bertolt Brecht
…Aufstieg des Arturo Ui (1957; The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui), a parable play of Hitler’s rise to power set in prewar Chicago; Herr Puntila und sein Knecht Matti (1948; Herr Puntila and His Man Matti), a Volksstück (popular play) about a Finnish farmer who oscillates between churlish sobriety and…
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…Aufstieg des Arturo Ui (1957; The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui), a parable play of Hitler’s rise to power set in prewar Chicago; Herr Puntila und sein Knecht Matti (1948; Herr Puntila and His Man Matti), a Volksstück (popular play) about a Finnish farmer who oscillates between churlish sobriety and…
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John Cazale
The Conversation, Dog Day Afternoon, and romance with Meryl Streep
…Charles Playhouse in Bertolt Brecht’s The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui, in which Cazale played the Nazi propagandist Joseph Goebbels, living undercover in Chicago as a gangster. In 1976 he played Angelo opposite Meryl Streep as Isabella in Measure for Measureat the New York Shakespeare Festival. According to Pacino,
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…Charles Playhouse in Bertolt Brecht’s The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui, in which Cazale played the Nazi propagandist Joseph Goebbels, living undercover in Chicago as a gangster. In 1976 he played Angelo opposite Meryl Streep as Isabella in Measure for Measureat the New York Shakespeare Festival. According to Pacino,
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