A reissue of Bertolt Brecht's classic play, including Brecht's Notes and an introduction by the great actress and chanteuse Lotte Lenya.The Threepenny Opera broke box-office records in its original Berlin run, 1928-1933, and has had many extremely successful runs in the United States ever since.There have been several English adaptations.
About the Author: Bertolt Brecht was born in Augsburg, Germany, in 1898.
128 Pages
Poetry, General

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Book Synopsis

A reissue of Bertolt Brecht's classic play, including Brecht's Notes and an introduction by the great actress and chanteuse Lotte Lenya.

The Threepenny Opera broke box-office records in its original Berlin run, 1928-1933, and has had many extremely successful runs in the United States ever since.

There have been several English adaptations. The present "book" of Desmond Vesey's renders every word of the German, including Bertolt Brecht's Notes. Eric Bentley's lyrics are also faithful to the German, though they are, of course, written to be sung to the famous Kurt Weill's music.

Kurt Weill's widow, the great actress and chanteuse Lotte Lenya, has written the introduction, telling the story of how The Threepenny Opera came into being.

Review Quotes

Praise for The Threepenny Opera

"I think The Threepenny Opera and Mother Courage are the great plays of our time." --Lillian Hellman

Praise for Bertolt Brecht

"The virtue of Brecht's plays is good sense carried to the point of grandeur."--Harold Clurman

"Brecht may be considered to have made the major German contribution to world literature in our time."--Rudolf Leonhardt, The New York Times Book Review

About the Author

Bertolt Brecht was born in Augsburg, Germany, in 1898. One of the most influential dramatists of our time, he is best known for his classic plays The Threepenny Opera, Galileo, and Mother Courage and Her Children, as well as many others. He died in Berlin in 1956.

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Dimensions (Overall): 6.85 Inches (H) x 4.19 Inches (W) x .39 Inches (D)

Weight: .16 Pounds

Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up

Number of Pages: 128

Genre: Poetry

Sub-Genre: General

Publisher: Grove Press

Format: Paperback

Author: Bertolt Brecht

Language: English

Street Date: January 11, 1994

TCIN: 83641777

UPC: 9780802150394

Item Number (DPCI): 247-82-7837

Origin: Made in the USA or Imported

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