{"product_id":"the-threepenny-opera-bertolt-brecht-9781350205284","title":"The Threepenny Opera","description":"\u003cp\u003eOne of Bertolt Brecht's best-loved and most performed plays, \u003ci\u003eThe Threepenny Opera \u003c\/i\u003ewas first staged in 1928 at the Theater am Schiffbauerdamm, Berlin (now the home of the Berliner Ensemble). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBased on the eighteenth-century \u003ci\u003eThe Beggar's Opera\u003c\/i\u003e by John Gay, the play is a satire on the bourgeois society of the Weimar Republic, but set in a mock-Victorian Soho. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith Kurt Weill's music, which was one of the earliest and most successful attempts to introduce the jazz idiom into the theatre, it became a popular hit throughout the western world. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis new edition is published here in John Willett and Ralph Manhein's classic translation with commentary and notes by Anja Hartl.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Bertolt Brecht\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1350205281\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781350205284\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Methuen Drama\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/10\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 152\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback","brand":"Bertolt Brecht","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43982674362623,"sku":"9781350205284","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_a14fbe6c-3698-4d9c-8316-d414f3aa7c4c.jpg?v=1683262444","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-threepenny-opera-bertolt-brecht-9781350205284","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}