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 ...

This scathing satire and parable transposes the rise of Hitler to gangland Chicago and continues to have relevance wherever totalitarianism appears today.

Hitler's rise to power is burlesqued through the description of a gangster syndicate which terrorizes Chicago and its suburbs.

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 ...

Along with Mother Courage, the character of Galileo is one of Brecht's greatest creations, immensely live, human and complex. Unable to resist his appetite for scientific ...

Published specifically for a National Theatre production, this translation of Bertolt's drama, a parable of good and evil, is the tale of Shen Te, a prostitute who must invent ...

All three plays in this book were written by Brecht while he lived in exile from Hitler's Germany in Europe and America from 1933-1947. Translated from the original German, the ...