This Student Edition of Brecht's satire on the capitalist society of
the Weimar Republic features an extensive introduction and commentary
that includes a plot summary, discussion of the context, themes,
characters, style and language as well as questions for further study
and notes on words and phrases in the text. It is the perfect edition
for students of theatre and literature. 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. The text is presented in the trusted translation by
Ralph Manheim and John Willett.
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ISBN
9781472538222
Publisert
2015
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Vendor
Methuen Drama
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
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