Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui, The (Tabori, trans.)
- Full Length Play, Drama
- 30M, 5F
- ISBN: 9780573614736
"A wild and grotesque sort of clown show, with everything seen through a distorting mirror... An ideal vehicle for a director who knows how to shoot the work in his staging."
New York Post
Description
- Full Length Play
- Drama
- Set Requirements: Unit Set/Multiple Settings
The Cauliflower Trust in Chicago is in need of help and turns to a racketeer by the name of Arturo Ui to begin a "protection" campaign. His henchmen look astonishingly like Goebbels and Goring. Their activities include "accidental" fires and a St. Valentine's Day massacre.
REVIEWS:
"A wild and grotesque sort of clown show, with everything seen through a distorting mirror... An ideal vehicle for a director who knows how to shoot the work in his staging."
New York Post
Characters
- Casting: 30M, 5F
FLAKE - businessman, leader of the Cauliflower Trust
CARUTHER - businessman, leader of the Cauliflower Trust
BUTCHER - businessman, leader of the Cauliflower Trust
MULBERRY - businessman, leader of the Cauliflower Trust
CLARK - businessman, leader of the Cauliflower Trust
SHEET - a shipping tycoon
OLD DOGSBOROUGH
YOUNG DOGSBOROUGH
ARTURO UI - gangster Boss
ERNESTO ROMA - his sidekick
TED RAGG - reporter on The Star
DOCKDAISY - a moll
EMANUELE GIRI - gangster
BOWL - Sheet's treasurer
GOODWILL and GAFFLES - gentlemen from City Hall
O'CASEY - chairman of the investigating committee
THE ACTOR
GIUSEPPE "THE FLORIST" GIVOLA - gangster
CROCKET - wholesale vegetable merchant
A LITTLE GIRL
GREENWOOL - a baritone
THE DEFENDANT FISH
THE DEFENSE COUNSEL
THE JUDGE
THE COURT PHYSICIAN
THE PROSECUTOR
A WOUNDED WOMAN
YOUNG INNA - Roma's boyfriend
SHORTY
IGNATIUS DULLFEET - newspaper editor
BETTY DULLFEET - his wife
THE PASTOR
A LADY
ARTURO UI'S BODYGUARDS
DOGSBOROUGH'S MANSERVANT
REPORTERS
GUNMEN
GROCERS OF CHICAGO AND CICERO
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