The Threepenny Opera (Brecht, Bertolt)

by Bertolt Brecht
The Threepenny Opera (Brecht, Bertolt)  
published 1994 by Grove Press
binding Paperback
isbn 080215039X   (isbn13: 9780802150394)
pages 128
date added
03-12-07



Sign in to Goodreads to see your friends' reviews of The Threepenny Opera.







discuss this book

There are no discussion topics on this book yet. Be the first to start one »

groups with this book

1001  Books You Must Read Before You Die




friend reviews (0)

To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up.



lists with this book

This book is not in any lists. Go add it to a list.




other reviews (showing 1-20 of 297)



Ali
03/26/07

bookshelves: plays
اغلب اثار "برتولد برشت" به فارسی برگردانده شده است؛ "سقراط مجروح" / کیکاووس جهانداری، "در انبوه شهرها"/ عبدالرحمن صدریه، "استثناء و قاعده"/ محمود اعتماد زاده(م. به آذین)، "ان که گفت آری و آن که گفت نه"/ مصطفی رحیمی، زندگانی گالیله(گالیله ئو گالیله ئی)/ عبد...more
Like this review?   yes  
  add a comment

Tosh
Tosh rated it: 5 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars
12/03/07

As a hardcore boho 'Beat' kid, I was raised with the soundtrack of Kurt Weil/Bertolt Brecht's "Threepenny Opera." In fact, Lotte Lenya was probably the first singing voice I heard after my Mom - who used to sing to me when I was a little child.

Many years later I read the play/musical and was taken back at its cynical look in how society works. It's an amazing piece of theater and the music is and will always be superb.
Like this review?   yes   (1 person liked it)
  4 comments

Camille
Read in January, 2000
I was briefly obsessed with the song Mack the Knife and its variations after hearing the Lotte Lenya version from the show. My next favorite might have been the eerie nasal version with lots of dreamy steel guitar by Jimmie Dale Gilmore. oh and the play was good too.
Like this review?   yes  
  add a comment

Jacob
Jacob rated it: 5 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars
08/15/07

Read in January, 1997
recommends it for: the relaxed audience
The Grove Press edition is worth reading for its inclusion of Brecht's essay on the epic theater; the aims and techniques propounded here have been employed in all manner of forms besides the theater, with varying degrees of efficacy.
Like this review?   yes  
  add a comment

Marisela
Marisela rated it: 4 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars
09/25/07

bookshelves: plays
Currently reading. Just finished Act 1. Would love to hear the songs. Looking for audio online.
Like this review?   yes  
  add a comment

Dragana
Read in January, 1985
Vibrant, frivolous, captivating snapshot of tragic German jazz age.
Like this review?   yes  
  add a comment

Brendan
Read in March, 2006
It's all about Die Ballade von der Sexuellen Horigkeit.
Like this review?   yes  
  add a comment

Mel
10/04/07

the only thing better is the original beggars opera.
Like this review?   yes  
  add a comment

Mary
02/17/08

Has a copy to sell/swap
 

Eric
09/19/07

 

Sue
05/24/08

 

Camellia
Camellia added it
12/07/07

 

J.
06/25/07

bookshelves: plays
 

Kamyar
Kamyar rated it: 2 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars
08/22/07

 


« previous 1 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 14 15



book data (includes all editions)

avg rating (all editions): 3.94 (253 ratings)
avg rating (this edition): 4.07 (27 ratings)
number of reviews: 8






other editions

The Threepenny Opera (Paperback)
The Threepenny Novel (Trade Paperback)
The Threepenny Opera (Paperback)