{"product_id":"the-threepenny-opera-9780413390301","title":"The Threepenny Opera","description":"\u003cp\u003eBased on John Gay's eighteenth century Beggar's Opera, The Threepenny Opera, first staged in 1928 at the Theater am Schiffbauerdamm in Berlin, is a vicious satire on the bourgeois capitalist society of the Weimar Republic, but set in a mock-Victorian Soho. It focuses on the feud between Macheaf - an amoral criminal - and his father in law, a racketeer who controls and exploits London's beggars and is intent on having Macheaf hanged. Despite the resistance by Macheaf's friend the Chief of Police, Macheaf is eventually condemned to hang until in a comic reversal the queen pardons him and grants him a title and land. With Kurt Weill's unforgettable music - one of the earliest and most successful attempts to introduce jazz to the theatre - it became a popular hit throughout the western world. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePublished in Methuen Drama's Modern Classics series in a trusted translation by Ralph Manheim and John Willett, this edition features extensive notes and commentary including an introduction to the play, Brecht's own notes on the play, a full appendix of textual variants, a note by composer Kurt Weill, a transcript of a discussion about the play between Brecht and a theatre director, plus editorial notes on the genesis of the play.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBertolt Brecht\u003c\/b\u003e (1898-1956) is acknowledged as one of the great dramatists whose work has had a considerable influence on the theatre. His landmark plays include \u003ci\u003eMother Courage and Her Children\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Threepenny Opera\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLife of Galileo, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Caucasian Chalk Circle\u003c\/i\u003e.Circle. His plays and dramatic theory are central to the study of modern theatre.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Methuen Drama","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50503328104722,"sku":"9780413390301","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_6b25b2de-fa53-402a-b0ca-93ab8db67917.jpg?v=1748520385","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-threepenny-opera-9780413390301","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}