The Threepenny Opera
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The Threepenny Opera
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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 Thea
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1928 musical play by Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Threepenny_Opera
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2001-06-16T18:55:35Z
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2024-08-30T18:45:30Z
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