The Threepenny Opera
Play by Bertolt Brecht
The Threepenny Opera is a German "play with music" by Bertolt Brecht, adapted from a translation by Elisabeth Hauptmann of John Gay's 18th-century English ballad opera, The Beggar's Opera, and four ballads by François Villon, with music by Kurt... Wikipedia
Originally published: August 31, 1928
Playwright: Bertolt Brecht
Composer: Kurt Weill
Characters: Jonathan Jeremiah Peachum, Captain Macheath, Mrs. Peachum, and more
Adapted from: The Beggar's Opera
Lyrics: Bertolt Brecht; Uncredited: François Villon (four songs translated by K. L. Ammer)
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