The Threepenny Opera
(German: Die Dreigroschenoper) is a musical by German dramatist Bertolt Brecht and composer Kurt Weill, in collaboration with translator Elisabeth Hauptmann and set designer Caspar Neher. It 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.
Often performed in South Africa.
An English translation by Ralph Mannheim and John Willett was performed in South Africa in September 1987. The director was Malcolm Purkey, designed by Paul Roumanoff and musical direction by Richard and Susan Cock. Lighting by Paul Abrams. Choreography: Esther Nasser. Cast included Kellam Beard, Richard Harrison, Megan Wilson, Daniella Roman
Translated into Afrikaans as Drie-Pennie-Opera by Arnold Blumer en Hennie Aucamp.
Sources
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Threepenny_Opera
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