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The Threepenny Opera

Bertolt Brecht

Form
Form Play
Year
Year 1928
Originally in
Originally in German
Pages
Pages 60

In a London where beggary is run like a business, a charming knife-carrying gangster marries the beggar king's daughter, is sold out by friends and lovers, and is reprieved in a mockery of happy endings.

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The Threepenny Opera, Bertolt Brecht

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