The threepenny opera
By: Bertolt Brecht ; translated by Ralph Manheim and John Willett with commentary and notes by Non and Nick Worrall
Contributors: Manheim, Ralph, 1907-1992; Willett, John, 1917-2002; Worrall, Non; Worrall, Nick
Series: Methuen Drama student editions; Methuen drama student editions
Publisher: Methuen Drama
Published: 2005
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] /
Number of pages: 131
Subjects: Middle class; Drama; Beggars; Criminals
Work titles: Dreigroschenoper
Description: First staged in Berlin in 1928, 'The Threepenny Opera' remains one of Brecht's most performed plays. Based on John Gay's 18th century satire, 'The Beggar's Opera', the play is a satire on the bourgeois capitalist society of the Weimar Republic.
Notes: Translated from the German.

Includes bibliographical references.