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The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui

START: Some fifteen years ago, when I wa...

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Character
Gender
Male
Playing Age
Adult, Mature Adult
Style
Dramatic
Act/Scene
Scene 15
Time & Place
Chicago, 1930s
Length
Medium
Time Period
Contemporary
Show Type
Play
Age Guidance
Youth (Y)/General Audiences (G)

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START: Some fifteen years ago, when I was only a humble, unemployed son of the Bronx; when following the call of destiny I sallied forth with only seven staunch men to brave the WIndy City I wss inspired by an iron will to create peace in the vegetable trade.
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END: And other towns where vegetables are traded! Philadelphia! Columbus! Charleston! And New York! They all demand protection! And no ‘Phooey!’ No ‘That’s not nice!’ will stop Arturo Ui!

Brecht, Bertolt. The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui. Methuen Publishing, 2002, p.98.,

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