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portada the threepenny opera
Type
Physical Book
Author
Publisher
Year
2003
Language
English
Pages
124
Format
Paperback
Dimensions
19.6 x 13.0 x 1.0 cm
Weight
0.11 kg.
ISBN
0413390306
ISBN13
9780413390301
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the threepenny opera

Bertolt Brecht (Author) · Bloomsbury Publishing · Paperback

the threepenny opera - Brecht, Bertolt

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Synopsis "the threepenny opera"

Based on John Gay's eighteenth century Beggar's Opera, The Threepenny Opera, first staged in 1928 at the Theater am Schiffbauerdamm in Berlin, is a vicious satire on the bourgeois capitalist society of the Weimar Republic, but set in a mock-Victorian Soho. It focuses on the feud between Macheaf - an amoral criminal - and his father in law, a racketeer who controls and exploits London's beggars and is intent on having Macheaf hanged. Despite the resistance by Macheaf's friend the Chief of Police, Macheaf is eventually condemned to hang until in a comic reversal the queen pardons him and grants him a title and land. With Kurt Weill's unforgettable music - one of the earliest and most successful attempts to introduce jazz to the theatre - it became a popular hit throughout the western world. Published in Methuen Drama's Modern Classics series in a trusted translation by Ralph Manheim and John Willett, this edition features extensive notes and commentary including an introduction to the play, Brecht's own notes on the play, a full appendix of textual variants, a note by composer Kurt Weill, a transcript of a discussion about the play between Brecht and a theatre director, plus editorial notes on the genesis of the play.

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