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Performance history in South Africa

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Performance history in South Africa

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Performance history in South Africa

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 ''The musical has often been done in South Africa.''
 : Done in English at the [[Pioneer Theatre]], Johannesburg, directed and designed by [[Leo Kerz]].
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 : A [[Troupe Theatre Company]] production was presented at the [[Grahamstown Festival]] in July and at the [[Market Theatre]] in August and was directed by [[Richard Grant]]. In the cast were [[Hilary Jones]], [[Bill Curry]], [[Fiona Ramsay]], [[Fred Abrahamse]], [[Roz Monat]], [[Sean Taylor]], [[Chris Galloway]], [[Neil McCarthy]], [[Bryoni Mortimer]] and [[Penelope Lorimer|Penny Lorimer]].
 : An English translation (by [[Ralph Mannheim]] and [[John Willett]]) was performed in South Africa in September 1987. This was a student production.The director was [[Malcolm Purkey]], designed by [[Paul Roumanoff]] and musical direction by [[Richard Cock|Richard]] and [[Susan Cock]]. Lighting by [[Paul Abrams]]. Choreography: [[Esther Nasser]]. Cast included [[Kellam Beard]], [[Richard Harrison]], [[Megan Wilson]], [[Daniella Roman]], [[Zane Meas]], [[Sarah Leftwich]], [[Lisa Melman]], [[Natalie Coyle]], [[Gerard Bester]], [[Brigid Schutz]], [[Dominique Pascale]], [[Chantal Nativel]], [[Craig Freimond]], [[Gladwin Marumo]], [[Mandy Crock]], [[Beverley Crook]], [[Mickey Dube]], [[Michelle Baker]], [[Dorothy Brislin]], [[Rosie Fiore]], Mich'ele Levin, [[Heidi Britten]], [[Michelle Kramer]], [[Isabel Smook]], [[Jennifer Yuill]], [[Christine Comino]], [[Lara Foot]], [[Edward Jordan]], [[Janice Kramer]], [[Teresa Lintvelt]], [[Beverley Shor]], [[Kate Alexander]], [[Bronwyn Keene-Young]], [[Victor Maloka]], [[Tale Motsepe]] and [[Gert Pretorius]]. The orchestra included [[Richard Cock]], [[Susan Cock]], [[Charles Wiffen]], [[Caroline Hobbs]], [[Liza Crouch]], [[Alan Thompson]], [[Gaby Gunders]], [[Dain Peters]], Reinet Nortj'e and [[Robert Evans]]. Stage director: [[Siphiwe Khumalo]]. Stage Manager: [[Gillian Glauber]].

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	== Sources ==		== Sources ==
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		+	[[Ruphin Coudyzer]]. 2023. Annotated list of his photographs of [[Market Theatre]] productions. (Provided by Coudyzer)

	''Kurt Weill: The Threepenny Opera'' (ed Stephen Hinton) CUP Archive, 1990[http://books.google.co.za/books?id=pJU4AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA72&lpg=PA72&dq=The+Ha'penny+Opera+text&source=bl&ots=-yUORp5Q7V&sig=o-lH-RuiMVDj3gZ7NZSRm4Oh-jM&hl=en&sa=X&ei=QCLOU_2FEKvT7AaI6oD4Bw&ved=0CCcQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=The%20Ha'penny%20Opera%20text&f=false]		''Kurt Weill: The Threepenny Opera'' (ed Stephen Hinton) CUP Archive, 1990[http://books.google.co.za/books?id=pJU4AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA72&lpg=PA72&dq=The+Ha'penny+Opera+text&source=bl&ots=-yUORp5Q7V&sig=o-lH-RuiMVDj3gZ7NZSRm4Oh-jM&hl=en&sa=X&ei=QCLOU_2FEKvT7AaI6oD4Bw&ved=0CCcQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=The%20Ha'penny%20Opera%20text&f=false]

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 : Presented by [[Taubie Kushlick]], opening on 7 November(?).
-: A [[Troupe Theatre Company]] production was presented at the [[Grahamstown Festival]] in July and at the [[Market Theatre]] in August. In the cast were [[Hilary Jones]], [[Bill Curry]], [[Fiona Ramsay]], [[Fred Abrahamse]], [[Roz Monat]], [[Sean Taylor]], [[Chris Galloway]], [[Neil McCarthy]] and [[Penelope Lorimer|Penny Lorimer]].
+: A [[Troupe Theatre Company]] production was presented at the [[Grahamstown Festival]] in July and at the [[Market Theatre]] in August and was directed by [[Richard Grant]]. In the cast were [[Hilary Jones]], [[Bill Curry]], [[Fiona Ramsay]], [[Fred Abrahamse]], [[Roz Monat]], [[Sean Taylor]], [[Chris Galloway]], [[Neil McCarthy]], [[Bryoni Mortimer]] and [[Penelope Lorimer|Penny Lorimer]].
 : An English translation (by [[Ralph Mannheim]] and [[John Willett]]) was performed in South Africa in September 1987. This was a student production.The director was [[Malcolm Purkey]], designed by [[Paul Roumanoff]] and musical direction by [[Richard Cock|Richard]] and [[Susan Cock]]. Lighting by [[Paul Abrams]]. Choreography: [[Esther Nasser]]. Cast included [[Kellam Beard]], [[Richard Harrison]], [[Megan Wilson]], [[Daniella Roman]], [[Zane Meas]], [[Sarah Leftwich]], [[Lisa Melman]], [[Natalie Coyle]], [[Gerard Bester]], [[Brigid Schutz]], [[Dominique Pascale]], [[Chantal Nativel]], [[Craig Freimond]], [[Gladwin Marumo]], [[Mandy Crock]], [[Beverley Crook]], [[Mickey Dube]], [[Michelle Baker]], [[Dorothy Brislin]], [[Rosie Fiore]], Mich'ele Levin, [[Heidi Britten]], [[Michelle Kramer]], [[Isabel Smook]], [[Jennifer Yuill]], [[Christine Comino]], [[Lara Foot]], [[Edward Jordan]], [[Janice Kramer]], [[Teresa Lintvelt]], [[Beverley Shor]], [[Kate Alexander]], [[Bronwyn Keene-Young]], [[Victor Maloka]], [[Tale Motsepe]] and [[Gert Pretorius]]. The orchestra included [[Richard Cock]], [[Susan Cock]], [[Charles Wiffen]], [[Caroline Hobbs]], [[Liza Crouch]], [[Alan Thompson]], [[Gaby Gunders]], [[Dain Peters]], Reinet Nortj'e and [[Robert Evans]]. Stage director: [[Siphiwe Khumalo]]. Stage Manager: [[Gillian Glauber]].

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	Usually translated as ''[[The Threepenny Opera]]'', the play has become one of the best known of Brecht's works. The translation is also referred to as ''[[The Thrupenny Opera]]'', ''[[The Tupenny-Ha'penny Opera]]'' (e.g. by the BBC, that apparently wanted to emphasise the satire) or ''[[The Ha'penny Opera]]'' (see [[Jody Abrahams]] for instance).		Usually translated as ''[[The Threepenny Opera]]'', the play has become one of the best known of Brecht's works. The translation is also referred to as ''[[The Thrupenny Opera]]'', ''[[The Tupenny-Ha'penny Opera]]'' (e.g. by the BBC, that apparently wanted to emphasise the satire) or ''[[The Ha'penny Opera]]'' (see [[Jody Abrahams]] for instance).

−	Translated into [[Afrikaans]] as ''[[Die Driestuiwer Opera]]'' ("three halfpennies opera") or as the ''[[Drie-Pennie-Opera]]'' ("~~Threepenny~~ opera"), the latter title used for a translation by [[Arnold Blumer]] () and [[Hennie Aucamp]] ().	+	Translated into [[Afrikaans]] as either ''[[Die Driestuiwer Opera]]'' ("the three halfpennies opera") or as the ''[[Die Drie-Pennie-Opera]]'' ("The threepenny opera"), the latter title used for an unpublished translation by [[Arnold Blumer]] () and [[Hennie Aucamp]] ().

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	Usually translated as ''[[The Threepenny Opera]]'', the play has become one of the best known of Brecht's works. The translation is also referred to as ''[[The Thrupenny Opera]]'', ''[[The Tupenny-Ha'penny Opera]]'' (e.g. by the BBC, that apparently wanted to emphasise the satire) or ''[[The Ha'penny Opera]]'' (see [[Jody Abrahams]] for instance).		Usually translated as ''[[The Threepenny Opera]]'', the play has become one of the best known of Brecht's works. The translation is also referred to as ''[[The Thrupenny Opera]]'', ''[[The Tupenny-Ha'penny Opera]]'' (e.g. by the BBC, that apparently wanted to emphasise the satire) or ''[[The Ha'penny Opera]]'' (see [[Jody Abrahams]] for instance).

−	Translated into [[Afrikaans]] as the ''[[Drie-Pennie-Opera]]'' by [[Arnold Blumer]] () and [[Hennie Aucamp]] ().	+	Translated into [[Afrikaans]] as ''[[Die Driestuiwer Opera]]'' ("three halfpennies opera") or as the ''[[Drie-Pennie-Opera]]'' ("Threepenny opera"), the latter title used for a translation by [[Arnold Blumer]] () and [[Hennie Aucamp]] ().

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	1987: An English translation (by [[Ralph Mannheim]] and [[John Willett]]) was performed in South Africa in September 1987. This was a student production.The director was [[Malcolm Purkey]], designed by [[Paul Roumanoff]] and musical direction by [[Richard Cock\|Richard]] and [[Susan Cock]]. Lighting by [[Paul Abrams]]. Choreography: [[Esther Nasser]]. Cast included [[Kellam Beard]], [[Richard Harrison]], [[Megan Wilson]], [[Daniella Roman]], [[Zane Meas]], [[Sarah Leftwich]], [[Lisa Melman]], [[Natalie Coyle]], [[Gerard Bester]], [[Brigid Schutz]], [[Dominique Pascale]], [[Chantal Nativel]], [[Craig Freimond]], [[Gladwin Marumo]], [[Mandy Crock]], [[Beverley Crook]], [[Mickey Dube]], [[Michelle Baker]], [[Dorothy Brislin]], [[Rosie Fiore]], Mich'ele Levin, [[Heidi Britten]], [[Michelle Kramer]], [[Isabel Smook]], [[Jennifer Yuill]], [[Christine Comino]], [[Lara Foot]], [[Edward Jordan]], [[Janice Kramer]], [[Teresa Lintvelt]], [[Beverley Shor]], [[Kate Alexander]], [[Bronwyn Keene-Young]], [[Victor Maloka]], [[Tale Motsepe]] and [[Gert Pretorius]]. The orchestra included [[Richard Cock]], [[Susan Cock]], [[Charles Wiffen]], [[Caroline Hobbs]], [[Liza Crouch]], [[Alan Thompson]], [[Gaby Gunders]], [[Dain Peters]], Reinet Nortj'e and [[Robert Evans]]. Stage director: [[Siphiwe Khumalo]]. Stage Manager: [[Gillian Glauber]].		1987: An English translation (by [[Ralph Mannheim]] and [[John Willett]]) was performed in South Africa in September 1987. This was a student production.The director was [[Malcolm Purkey]], designed by [[Paul Roumanoff]] and musical direction by [[Richard Cock\|Richard]] and [[Susan Cock]]. Lighting by [[Paul Abrams]]. Choreography: [[Esther Nasser]]. Cast included [[Kellam Beard]], [[Richard Harrison]], [[Megan Wilson]], [[Daniella Roman]], [[Zane Meas]], [[Sarah Leftwich]], [[Lisa Melman]], [[Natalie Coyle]], [[Gerard Bester]], [[Brigid Schutz]], [[Dominique Pascale]], [[Chantal Nativel]], [[Craig Freimond]], [[Gladwin Marumo]], [[Mandy Crock]], [[Beverley Crook]], [[Mickey Dube]], [[Michelle Baker]], [[Dorothy Brislin]], [[Rosie Fiore]], Mich'ele Levin, [[Heidi Britten]], [[Michelle Kramer]], [[Isabel Smook]], [[Jennifer Yuill]], [[Christine Comino]], [[Lara Foot]], [[Edward Jordan]], [[Janice Kramer]], [[Teresa Lintvelt]], [[Beverley Shor]], [[Kate Alexander]], [[Bronwyn Keene-Young]], [[Victor Maloka]], [[Tale Motsepe]] and [[Gert Pretorius]]. The orchestra included [[Richard Cock]], [[Susan Cock]], [[Charles Wiffen]], [[Caroline Hobbs]], [[Liza Crouch]], [[Alan Thompson]], [[Gaby Gunders]], [[Dain Peters]], Reinet Nortj'e and [[Robert Evans]]. Stage director: [[Siphiwe Khumalo]]. Stage Manager: [[Gillian Glauber]].
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−	~~A political musical by Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill.~~
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−	Done in collaboration with translator Elisabeth Hauptmann and set designer Caspar Neher, the musical was adapted from an 18th-century English ballad opera, John Gay's ''The Beggar's Opera'', and offers a Socialist critique of the capitalist world. It opened on 31 August 1928 at Berlin's Theater am Schiffbauerdamm.
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−	~~Usually translated as ''[[The Threepenny Opera]]'', though the BBC apparently insisted on translating it as ''[[The Tuppenny-Ha'penny Opera]]'' (to emphasise the satire).~~

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 == Translations and adaptations ==
 The play was quickly translated  into English and a number of other languages, and has been performed in numerous versions across the globe since its first performance.
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-Filmed three times: In 1931 by German director G. W. Pabst in German- and French-language versions simultaneously, in 1962 by Wolfgang Staudte , starring Curt Jürgens, Gert Fröbe, and Hildegard Knef (with scenes featuring Sammy Davis Jr. for its American release) and as ''[[Mack the Knife]]'' (1989)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mack_the_Knife_(1989_film)]  by Menahem Golan, with Raul Julia as Macheath, Richard Harris as Peachum, Julie Walters as Mrs Peachum, Bill Nighy as Tiger Brown, Julia Migenes as Jenny, and Roger Daltrey as the Street Singer.
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−	~~Twice filmed as~~ and as ''[[Mack the Knife]]'' (1989)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mack_the_Knife_(1989_film)]	+	Filmed three times: In 1931 by German director G. W. Pabst in German- and French-language versions simultaneously, in 1962 by Wolfgang Staudte , starring Curt Jürgens, Gert Fröbe, and Hildegard Knef (with scenes featuring Sammy Davis Jr. for its American release) and as ''[[Mack the Knife]]'' (1989)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mack_the_Knife_(1989_film)] by Menahem Golan, with Raul Julia as Macheath, Richard Harris as Peachum, Julie Walters as Mrs Peachum, Bill Nighy as Tiger Brown, Julia Migenes as Jenny, and Roger Daltrey as the Street Singer.

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