Selections from it appear in the lyrics to the Doors' hit single, "Show Me the Way to the Next Whisky Bar.
Selections from it appear in the lyrics to the Doors' hit single, "Show Me the Way to the Next Whisky Bar." One character is sentenced to death by Tiger Brown despite being his best friend, although that character is suddenly pardoned on the gallows and made a baron in a deliberate parody of a happy ending. Its opening scene introduces Jonathan Peacham, who controls all the beggars of London, and another scene describes the proletarian despair of an abused tavern waitress who styles herself "Pirate Jenny" in her wild, vengeful daydreams. Its songs include "Pirate Jenny's Revenge Song" and "The Ballad of Sexual Obsession," while its plot centers around the relationship between Polly and Mack the Knife. For 10 points, identify this opera written by Bertolt Brecht and set to music by Kurt Weill, an adaptation of John Gay's The Beggar's Opera.
Selections from it appear in the lyrics to the Doors' hit single, "Show Me the Way to the Next Whisky Bar.
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