The Threepenny Opera

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf musical theatre work
gptkbp:adaptation gptkb:The_Threepenny_Opera_(1931_film)
gptkb:The_Threepenny_Opera_(1963_film)
gptkbp:basedOn gptkb:The_Beggar's_Opera
gptkbp:composer gptkb:Kurt_Weill
gptkbp:genre gptkb:musical
satire
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label The Threepenny Opera
gptkbp:influenced musical theatre
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:John_Gay
gptkbp:languageOfLyrics gptkb:German
gptkbp:librettist gptkb:Bertolt_Brecht
gptkbp:lyricist gptkb:Bertolt_Brecht
gptkb:Elisabeth_Hauptmann
gptkbp:mainCharacter gptkb:Jenny_Diver
gptkb:Macheath
gptkb:Mr._Peachum
gptkb:Polly_Peachum
gptkbp:notableDirector gptkb:Erich_Engel
gptkbp:notablePerformer gptkb:Lotte_Lenya
gptkb:Carola_Neher
gptkb:Erika_Helmke
gptkb:Harald_Paulsen
gptkbp:notableProduction 1954 Off-Broadway production
gptkbp:notableRecording 1954 Off-Broadway cast recording
Lotte Lenya recording
gptkbp:notableSong gptkb:Ballad_of_Mack_the_Knife
gptkb:Pirate_Jenny
gptkb:The_Cannon_Song
gptkb:Mack_the_Knife
gptkb:The_Ballad_of_Sexual_Dependency
gptkbp:originalLanguage gptkb:German
gptkbp:premiereDate 1928-08-31
gptkbp:premiereLocation gptkb:Theater_am_Schiffbauerdamm,_Berlin
gptkbp:publisher gptkb:Universal_Edition
gptkbp:setting gptkb:Victorian_London
gptkbp:subjectOf gptkb:The_Threepenny_Opera_(book)
numerous academic studies
various adaptations
numerous revivals
gptkbp:theme gptkb:crime
corruption
social criticism
poverty
gptkbp:translatedInto gptkb:Marc_Blitzstein
gptkb:John_Willett
gptkb:Ralph_Manheim
English
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Bertolt_Brecht
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4