Brecht point

From: The Village Voice | Date: August 28, 2002| Author: Solomon, Alisa | Copyright information

THEATER

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THE RESISTIBLE RISE OF ARTURO UI

By Bertolt Brecht

Adapted, designed, and performed by Fovea Floods Theater

Ontological Theatre

131 East 10th Street 212-533-4650

What could Brecht have been thinking when he said that he intended his "gangsterspiel," The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui, for the Broadway stage? Perhaps from Scandinavia in 1941 he couldn't quite discern that settin...

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