{"product_id":"the-threepenny-opera-by-bertolt-brecht-9780413390301","title":"The Threepenny Opera","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBased on John Gay's eighteenth century \u003cem\u003eBeggar's Opera\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Threepenny Opera\u003c\/em\u003e, first staged in 1928 at the Theater am Schiffbauerdamm in Berlin, is a vicious satire on the bourgeois capitalist society of the Weimar Republic, but set in a mock-Victorian Soho. It focuses on the feud between Macheaf - an amoral criminal - and his father-in-law, a racketeer who controls and exploits London's beggars and is intent on having Macheaf hanged.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDespite the resistance by Macheaf's friend, the Chief of Police, Macheaf is eventually condemned to hang until in a comic reversal the queen pardons him and grants him a title and land. With Kurt Weill's unforgettable music - one of the earliest and most successful attempts to introduce jazz to the theatre - it became a popular hit throughout the western world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePublished in Methuen Drama's Modern Classics series in a trusted translation by Ralph Manheim and John Willett, this edition features extensive notes and commentary. It includes an introduction to the play, Brecht's own notes on the play, a full appendix of textual variants, a note by composer Kurt Weill, and a transcript of a discussion about the play between Brecht and a theatre director, plus editorial notes on the genesis of the play.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47433062547692,"sku":"9780413390301","price":24.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780413390301.jpg?v=1774765651","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/the-threepenny-opera-by-bertolt-brecht-9780413390301","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}