title: Complex seeing
Threepenny Novel
The Threepenny Opera
Alan Cumming
Macbeth (opera)
Michael Moody
Joel Thome
Tacoma Opera
The Threepenny Opera (1931 film)
Pirate Jenny
sentences: The English term Complex Seeing is taken from Bertolt Brecht's writing on theatre and opera.
 First found in Brecht's notes to the "Threepenny Opera", a subsequently edited and updated version was published.
 This text can be found in English translation as "The Literarization of Theatre" from 1931, in Brecht on Theatre, where the key passage on complex seeing reads:
ThreePenny Novel is a 1934 novel by the German dramatist and poet Bertolt Brecht, first published in Amsterdam by in 1934 as "Dreigroschenroman ".
 It is similar in structure to his more famous "The Threepenny Opera" and features several of the same characters such as Macheath, together with a general anti-capitalist focus and a didactic technique that is often associated with the dramatist.
 It is a novel that has been the focus of much critical attention and that is often described as both a continuation and a variation of the themes and motifs of Brecht's other work that focuses on alienation and on the communication of a social message.
 It can be seen alternatively as a careful development of the detective novel genre and as scathing criticism of the Brecht's own social conditions and the economic practices of German businesses and banks in the middle of the 20th century.
The Threepenny Opera (Die Dreigroschenoper ) is a "play with music" by Bertolt Brecht and Elisabeth Hauptmann, adapted from John Gay's 18th-century English ballad opera, "The Beggar's Opera", with music by Kurt Weill and insertion ballads by François Villon and Rudyard Kipling.
 Although Hauptmann produced 80 to 90 percent of the text, Brecht suppressed this and assumed sole credit, and is usually listed as sole author in printed versions.
Alan Cumming, OBE (born 27 January 1965), is a Scottish-American actor, singer/performer, author, and activist who has appeared in numerous films, television shows, and plays.
 His London stage appearances include "Hamlet", the Maniac in "Accidental Death of an Anarchist" (for which he received an Olivier Award), the lead in "Bent", and the National Theatre of Scotland's "The Bacchae".
 On Broadway, he has appeared in "The Threepenny Opera", as the master of ceremonies in "Cabaret" (for which he won a Tony Award), "Design for Living" and a one-man adaptation of "Macbeth".
 His best-known film roles include his performances in "Emma", "GoldenEye", the "Spy Kids" trilogy, "Son of the Mask," and "X2".
 Cumming also introduces "Masterpiece Mystery!
" for PBS and appeared on "The Good Wife", for which he has been nominated for three Primetime Emmy Awards, two Screen Actors Guild Awards, two Golden Globe Awards and a Satellite Award.
 A filming of his Las Vegas cabaret show, "Alan Cumming Sings Sappy Songs", aired on PBS stations in November 2016.
Macbeth (] ) is an opera in four acts by Giuseppe Verdi, with an Italian libretto by Francesco Maria Piave and additions by Andrea Maffei, based on William Shakespeare's play of the same name.
Michael Moody, General Manager and co-founder of The Grange Festival.
 Having worked with Australian Opera, Garsington and Wexford opera festivals, he then co-founded (with Wasfi Kani) both Grange Park Opera and Nevill Holt festivals.
 He has been involved with the Pimlico Opera prison project since 1996 and directed "The Threepenny Opera -" HMP Winchester, "West Side Story -" HMP Winchester and Wandsworth, "Guys and Dolls" - Wormwood Scrubs, "Chicago" - HMP Bronzefield, "Les Miserables" - HMP Wandsworth and Erlestoke, "Sugar -" HMP Send, "Sister Act" - HMP Bronzefield and "Our House" with Suggs at HMP Isis.
Joel Thome (born in Detroit, Michigan) is the conductor and artistic director of Orchestra of Our Time.
 A Grammy Award recipient, Thome has been acclaimed internationally as an accomplished conductor and composer of classical and contemporary orchestral music, as well as a strikingly effective conductor of opera and other music/theater works.
 His conducting credits include many prominent and international orchestras.
 He has worked with such noted artists as pianists Vladimir Feltsman and Lorin Hollander, violinist Jaime Laredo, Metropolitan Opera singers Florence Quivar and Roberta Alexander.
 His modern opera performances include the Weill/Brecht Threepenny Opera with the Opera Company of Boston and the Thomson/Stein Four Saints in Three Acts at Carnegie Hall.
Tacoma Opera is a professional opera company located in Tacoma, WA and is a member of OPERA America.
 The company presents two to three operas a year.
 The 2015-16 season includes "Don Giovanni", "Die Fledermaus", and "The Threepenny Opera".
The Threepenny Opera (German: Die 3 Groschen-Oper ) is a 1931 German musical film directed by G. W. Pabst.
 It was produced by Seymour Nebenzal's Nero-Film for Tonbild-Syndikat AG (Tobis), Berlin and Warner Bros.
 Pictures GmbH, Berlin.
 The film is loosely based on the 1928 musical theatre success "The Threepenny Opera" by Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill.
 As was usual in the early sound film era, Pabst also directed a French language version of the film, "L'Opéra de quat'sous", with some variation of plot details (the French title literally translates as "the four penny opera").
 A planned English version was not made.
 The two existing versions were released by The Criterion Collection on home video.
"Pirate Jenny" (German: "Seeräuber-Jenny ") is a well-known song from "The Threepenny Opera" by Kurt Weill, with lyrics by Bertolt Brecht.
 The English lyrics are by Marc Blitzstein.
 It is probably the second most famous song in the opera, after "Mack the Knife".

Question: Question: Did The Threepenny Opera and Macbeth have the same writers? 

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 The English term Complex Seeing is taken from Bertolt Brecht's writing on theatre and opera.
 First found in Brecht's notes to the "Threepenny Opera", a subsequently edited and updated version was published.
 This text can be found in English translation as "The Literarization of Theatre" from 1931, in Brecht on Theatre, where the key passage on complex seeing reads: 

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 ThreePenny Novel is a 1934 novel by the German dramatist and poet Bertolt Brecht, first published in Amsterdam by in 1934 as "Dreigroschenroman ".
 It is similar in structure to his more famous "The Threepenny Opera" and features several of the same characters such as Macheath, together with a general anti-capitalist focus and a didactic technique that is often associated with the dramatist.
 It is a novel that has been the focus of much critical attention and that is often described as both a continuation and a variation of the themes and motifs of Brecht's other work that focuses on alienation and on the communication of a social message.
 It can be seen alternatively as a careful development of the detective novel genre and as scathing criticism of the Brecht's own social conditions and the economic practices of German businesses and banks in the middle of the 20th century. 

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 The Threepenny Opera (Die Dreigroschenoper ) is a "play with music" by Bertolt Brecht and Elisabeth Hauptmann, adapted from John Gay's 18th-century English ballad opera, "The Beggar's Opera", with music by Kurt Weill and insertion ballads by François Villon and Rudyard Kipling.
 Although Hauptmann produced 80 to 90 percent of the text, Brecht suppressed this and assumed sole credit, and is usually listed as sole author in printed versions. 

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 Macbeth (] ) is an opera in four acts by Giuseppe Verdi, with an Italian libretto by Francesco Maria Piave and additions by Andrea Maffei, based on William Shakespeare's play of the same name. 

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 Joel Thome (born in Detroit, Michigan) is the conductor and artistic director of Orchestra of Our Time.
 A Grammy Award recipient, Thome has been acclaimed internationally as an accomplished conductor and composer of classical and contemporary orchestral music, as well as a strikingly effective conductor of opera and other music/theater works.
 His conducting credits include many prominent and international orchestras.
 He has worked with such noted artists as pianists Vladimir Feltsman and Lorin Hollander, violinist Jaime Laredo, Metropolitan Opera singers Florence Quivar and Roberta Alexander.
 His modern opera performances include the Weill/Brecht Threepenny Opera with the Opera Company of Boston and the Thomson/Stein Four Saints in Three Acts at Carnegie Hall. 

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 Tacoma Opera is a professional opera company located in Tacoma, WA and is a member of OPERA America.
 The company presents two to three operas a year.
 The 2015-16 season includes "Don Giovanni", "Die Fledermaus", and "The Threepenny Opera". 

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 The Threepenny Opera (German: Die 3 Groschen-Oper ) is a 1931 German musical film directed by G. W. Pabst.
 It was produced by Seymour Nebenzal's Nero-Film for Tonbild-Syndikat AG (Tobis), Berlin and Warner Bros.
 Pictures GmbH, Berlin.
 The film is loosely based on the 1928 musical theatre success "The Threepenny Opera" by Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill.
 As was usual in the early sound film era, Pabst also directed a French language version of the film, "L'Opéra de quat'sous", with some variation of plot details (the French title literally translates as "the four penny opera").
 A planned English version was not made.
 The two existing versions were released by The Criterion Collection on home video. 

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 "Pirate Jenny" (German: "Seeräuber-Jenny ") is a well-known song from "The Threepenny Opera" by Kurt Weill, with lyrics by Bertolt Brecht.
 The English lyrics are by Marc Blitzstein.
 It is probably the second most famous song in the opera, after "Mack the Knife". 

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Answer: no