The Threepenny Opera by Bertolt Brecht, PB Good, Evergreen Black Cat Ed. 1964

Description: The Threepenny Opera by Bertolt Brecht, PB Good, Evergreen Black Cat Ed. 1964 Good Condition, some writing on back page and on some pages in back of book (Please see photos) Ships USPS Media Mail 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 Weill. Although there is debate as to how much, if any, contribution Hauptmann might have made to the text, Brecht is usually listed as sole author.The work offers a socialist critique of the capitalist world. It opened on 31 August 1928 at Berlin's Theater am Schiffbauerdamm.With influences from jazz and German dance music, songs from The Threepenny Opera have been widely covered and become standards, most notably "Die Moritat von Mackie Messer" ("The Ballad of Mack the Knife") and "Seeräuberjenny" ("Pirate Jenny"). 08)30)24) 1PB

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