UID:
almahu_9948391312002882
Umfang:
1 online resource (xviii, 124 pages).
Serie:
Methuen modern plays
Originaltitel:
Dreigroschenoper.
Inhalt:
Based on John Gay's 18th century 'Beggar's Opera', 'The Threepenny Opera' 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. Despite 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.
Anmerkung:
Translated from the German.
Weitere Ausg.:
Print version : ISBN 9780413390301
Sprache:
Englisch
Schlagwort(e):
Drama.
;
Drama
DOI:
10.5040/9781408163122.00000007
