The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui

Interesting Facts

• In this work, the allegorical story of a Chicago gangster becomes a mirror reflecting the horrors and absurdity of the political rise of dictators.
• Every scene of the play is laced with grotesque irony: beneath the outward comedy lies the tragedy of an entire people, and farce becomes the language of exposure.
• The author skillfully weaves elements of Shakespearean drama into the narrative, turning the criminal world into a theatre of power, where even vegetables take on symbolic meaning.
• The play sounds a warning: evil can grow from the most ordinary soil if society loses its vigilance and lets fear take control.
• The structure of the work resembles a chronicle, where each episode is not only a step toward power but also a metaphor for historical events, recognizable behind the mask of fictional characters.