Collected Plays Vol 2: The Threepenny Opera by Bertolt Brecht

Collected Plays Vol 2: The Threepenny Opera

Bertolt Brecht with Ralph Manheim, John Willett

144 pages first pub 1928 (editions)

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Based on John Gay's eighteenth century Beggar's Opera, The Threepenny Opera, 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-Victor...

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Community Reviews Summary of 17 reviews

Moods

dark 100%
funny 66%
reflective 66%
adventurous 33%
tense 33%

Pace

medium 66%
fast 33%

Plot- or character-driven?

Character: 66% | Plot: 33%

Strong character development?

It's complicated: 66% | No: 33%

Loveable characters?

It's complicated: 33% | No: 33% | Yes: 33%

Diverse cast of characters?

No: 66% | Yes: 33%

Flaws of characters a main focus?

Yes: 66% | It's complicated: 33%

Average rating

3.46

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