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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Predicate Object
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