{"product_id":"9781472538239-1","title":"The Threepenny Opera","description":"This Student Edition of Brecht's satire on the capitalist society of the Weimar Republic features an extensive\u003cbr\u003eintroduction and commentary that includes a plot summary, discussion of\u003cbr\u003ethe context, themes, characters, style and language as well as\u003cbr\u003equestions for further study and notes on words and phrases in the text.\u003cbr\u003eIt is the perfect edition for students of theatre and literature.\u003cbr\u003eBased on John Gay's eighteenth century \u003ci\u003eBeggar's Opera\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Threepenny Opera\u003c\/i\u003e,\u003cbr\u003efirst staged in 1928 at the Theater am Schiffbauerdamm in Berlin, is a\u003cbr\u003evicious satire on the bourgeois capitalist society of the Weimar\u003cbr\u003eRepublic, 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. With Kurt Weill's\u003cbr\u003eunforgettable music - one of the earliest and most successful attempts\u003cbr\u003eto introduce jazz to the theatre - it became a popular hit throughout\u003cbr\u003ethe western world. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe text is presented in the trusted translation by Ralph Manheim and John Willett.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47186484363504,"sku":"9781472538239","price":13.45,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781472538239_p0.jpg?v=1763598159","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781472538239-1","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}