The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui, Minerva, Chichester
Minerva, Chichester: Written in three weeks while in exile from his native Germany and awaiting entry to the US, the Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui is author Bertolt Brecht's lesson from history. A blatant allegory of the rise to power of Adolf Hitler, Brecht uses the setting of gangland Chicago to tell the story of the misanthropic, small-time gangster Ui who has aspirations to political office. The events of the…