Die Dreigroschenoper

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Die Dreigroschenoper is a 1928 satirical musical play by Bertolt Brecht with music by Kurt Weill that critiques capitalist society through the story of the criminal antihero Mack the Knife in Victorian London.

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instanceOf German-language play
musical theatre work
play
satirical work
basedOn The Beggar's Opera
basedOnWorkBy John Gay
composer Kurt Weill
countryOfOrigin Germany
creator Bertolt Brecht
firstPerformanceCity Berlin
firstPerformanceDate 1928-08-31
firstPerformancePlace Theater am Schiffbauerdamm
form play with music
genre epic theatre
musical theatre
political theatre
satire
hasAdaptation The Threepenny Opera (film, 1931)
The Threepenny Opera (film, 1963)
various stage adaptations worldwide
hasCharacterType criminal antihero
influenced modern musical theatre
political musical works
language German
lyricist Bertolt Brecht
Elisabeth Hauptmann
mainCharacter Jonathan Jeremiah Peachum
Macheath
Polly Peachum
Tiger Brown
notableFor combining popular music with social critique
use of songs as commentary
notableSong Die Moritat von Mackie Messer
Mack the Knife
originalMedium stage
partOfMovement Weimar Republic theatre
linked to: Weimar culture

epic theatre movement
linked to: epic theatre
producerOfPremiere Erich Engel
publicationYear 1928
publisherOfText Suhrkamp Verlag
settingPlace London
linked to: London, England
settingTime Victorian era
structure three acts
theme class struggle
corruption
critique of capitalism
hypocrisy of bourgeois society
title Die Dreigroschenoper
translatedTitle The Threepenny Opera

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Ballad of Sexual Dependency associatedWork Die Dreigroschenoper
Jenny Diver appearsInAdaptation Die Dreigroschenoper (German stage version)
linked to: Die Dreigroschenoper
Jonathan Jeremiah Peachum firstAppearance Die Dreigroschenoper
Translations of The Threepenny Opera basedOn Die Dreigroschenoper
Brecht–Weill collaborations notableWork Die Dreigroschenoper
Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill collaborationOn Die Dreigroschenoper
Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill firstMajorSuccess Die Dreigroschenoper
Die Dreigroschenoper title Die Dreigroschenoper
Tango-Ballade partOfWork Die Dreigroschenoper
Tango-Ballade firstPerformanceWork Die Dreigroschenoper
Klaus-Michael Grüber notableWork Die Dreigroschenoper (The Threepenny Opera)
linked to: Die Dreigroschenoper