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 NERFINISHED
basedOnWorkBy John Gay NERFINISHED
composer Kurt Weill NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin Germany
creator Bertolt Brecht NERFINISHED
firstPerformanceCity Berlin NERFINISHED
firstPerformanceDate 1928-08-31
firstPerformancePlace Theater am Schiffbauerdamm NERFINISHED
form play with music
genre epic theatre
musical theatre
political theatre
satire
hasAdaptation The Threepenny Opera (film, 1931) NERFINISHED
The Threepenny Opera (film, 1963) NERFINISHED
various stage adaptations worldwide
hasCharacterType criminal antihero
influenced modern musical theatre
political musical works
language German
lyricist Bertolt Brecht NERFINISHED
Elisabeth Hauptmann NERFINISHED
mainCharacter Jonathan Jeremiah Peachum NERFINISHED
Macheath NERFINISHED
Polly Peachum NERFINISHED
Tiger Brown NERFINISHED
notableFor combining popular music with social critique
use of songs as commentary
notableSong Die Moritat von Mackie Messer NERFINISHED
Mack the Knife NERFINISHED
originalMedium stage
partOfMovement Weimar Republic theatre NERFINISHED
epic theatre movement NERFINISHED
producerOfPremiere Erich Engel NERFINISHED
publicationYear 1928
publisherOfText Suhrkamp Verlag NERFINISHED
settingPlace London NERFINISHED
settingTime Victorian era
structure three acts
theme class struggle
corruption
critique of capitalism
hypocrisy of bourgeois society
title Die Dreigroschenoper NERFINISHED
translatedTitle The Threepenny Opera NERFINISHED

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Ballad of Sexual Dependency associatedWork Die Dreigroschenoper
Jenny Diver appearsInAdaptation Die Dreigroschenoper
this entity surface form: Die Dreigroschenoper (German stage version)
Jonathan Jeremiah Peachum firstAppearance Die Dreigroschenoper