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	("The threepenny opera") is a German political musical by [[Bertolt Brecht]] and [[Kurt Weill]].		("The threepenny opera") is a German political musical by [[Bertolt Brecht]] and [[Kurt Weill]].

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		+	("The threepenny opera") is a German 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.		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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 ''[[Die Dreigroschenoper]]'' ("The threepenny opera") is a German political musical by [[Bertolt Brecht]] and [[Kurt Weill]].
 ==The original text==
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 == Sources ==
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Threepenny_Opera

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-''[[The Threepenny Opera]]'' is a political musical by [[Bertolt Brecht]] and [[Kurt Weill]].  An English translation from the original German text (''[[Die Dreigroschenoper]]'')
+''[[Die Dreigroschenoper]]'' ("The threepenny opera") is a German political musical by [[Bertolt Brecht]] and [[Kurt Weill]].
-The translation has also been called ''The Tupenny-Ha'penny Opera'' (by the BBC) or even ''The Ha'penny Opera'' (see [[Jody Abrahams]] for instance).
+==The original text==
 == Translations and adaptations ==
 == Performance history in South Africa ==

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-''Wikipedia'' [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Threepenny_Opera].
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 Photograph held by [[NELM]] (Troupe Theatre Company production): [Collection: MARKET THEATRE]: 2004. 30. 5. 154.

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	The translation has also been called ''The Tupenny-Ha'penny Opera'' (by the BBC) or even ''The Ha'penny Opera'' (see [[Jody Abrahams]] for instance).		The translation has also been called ''The Tupenny-Ha'penny Opera'' (by the BBC) or even ''The Ha'penny Opera'' (see [[Jody Abrahams]] for instance).

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 : Presented by [[Taubie Kushlick]] [7.11.1958].
-: 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 [[Penny Lorrimer]].
+: 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]].
 : 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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	1938: Done in English at the [[Pioneer Theatre]], Johannesburg, directed and designed by [[Leo Kerz]].		1938: Done in English at the [[Pioneer Theatre]], Johannesburg, directed and designed by [[Leo Kerz]].
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		+	1958: Presented by [[Taubie Kushlick]] [7.11.1958].

	1981: A [[Troupe Theatre Company]] production was presented at the [[Grahamstown Festival]] in July and at the [[Market Theatre]] in August.		1981: A [[Troupe Theatre Company]] production was presented at the [[Grahamstown Festival]] in July and at the [[Market Theatre]] in August.