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Of course, Thom brings up a good point: Threepenny Opera is Brecht's rewrite of Gay's Beggar's Opera -- which leads to another question: do the 18th century and 20th century MacHeaths, Jenny Divers, Suky Tawdrys, et alia both exist in the League world's history?
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Brecht's influence is most strongly felt in academic and small, independent theatres -- not in the commercial or repertory theatres that most theatre goers probably attend.
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Germany has been influencing our set designers ever since Brecht's Berliner Ensemble changed the face of British theatre in the 1950s.
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Brecht's THREEPENNY OPERA was a reworking of a John Gay's THE BEGGAR'S OPERA, which is a British ballad opera from 1728.
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Sets of instructions, which anyone can follow, they include George Brecht's one-word event "Exit" (1961) and Yoko Ono's "Lighting Piece" (1955), which involves lighting a match and watching it go out.
Making Art Out of Living Kristin M. Jones 2011
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Brecht's original play was very much a response to the times, and it will be up to Sharkey and director Walter Meierjohann to stage it for our era.
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Like Brecht's verse here translated by W.H. Auden and Chester Kallmann, the music is acerbic, sharp-edged but hauntingly tuneful.
Howard Kissel: From Deadly Sins to Whipped Cream Howard Kissel 2011
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The first component of the New York City Ballet's spring gala on Wednesday was the world premiere of a new production of Bertolt Brecht's and Kurt Weill's "The Seven Deadly Sins."
Embracing the Seven Sins Marshall Heyman 2011
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Like Brecht's verse here translated by W.H. Auden and Chester Kallmann, the music is acerbic, sharp-edged but hauntingly tuneful.
Howard Kissel: From Deadly Sins to Whipped Cream Howard Kissel 2011
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Still, at the same time there's no question that knowledge of Kurt Weill and Brecht's magnum opus, Threepenny Opera, will aid the reader immensely in understanding and enjoying the latest chapter in Moore and O'Neill's LoEG saga.
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