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The Threepenny Opera
Music Kurt Weill·Lyrics Bertolt Brecht·Book Bertolt Brecht
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Start ratingA Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill work adapted from John Gay's The Beggar's Opera, set in the criminal underworld of Victorian London. The notorious gangster Macheath (Mack the Knife) marries Polly Peachum, whose father runs a ring of beggars and sets out to see Macheath hanged.
Recordings
The Threepenny Opera (New York Shakespeare Festival Revival Cast Recording (1976))1976
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Film adaptationThe Threepenny Opera (Die 3groschenoper)1931
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