Year 12 Drama have been exploring this play described by Brecht as 'a gangster play that would recall certain events familiar to us all', Arturo Ui is a witty and savage satire of the rise of Hitler - recast by Brecht into a fictional takeover of Chicago’s greengrocery trade in the 1930s. The satirical allegory combines Brecht's epic theatre style with black comedy and overt didacticism.