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The Threepenny Opera (1933)

Broadway, Opera, Other

Playwright • Lyrics • BookBertolt Brecht

PlaywrightKurt Weill

TranslationMarc Blitzstein

TranslationMichael Feingold

TranslationElisabeth Hauptmann

TranslationJerrold Krimsky

TranslationWallace Shawn

TranslationJohn Willett

Based on the Opera • Based on the PlayJohn Gay

VenueEmpire Theatre1430 Broadway (40th & 41st) New York, NY

Licensed ByUnknown

Opening DateApr 13th 1933

Creative Team
Direction
Francesco Von Mendelssohn
Original
Francesco Von Mendelssohn
Original
Orchestrations
Kurt Weill
Original
Music Direction
Macklin Marrow
Original
Scenic Design
Cleon Throckmorton
Original
Cast
Crook-Finger Jake (Macheath's Gang)
Burgess Meredith
Original
Reverend Kimball
John Connolly
Original
Dolly
Ruth Thomas
Original
Wing
H L Donsu
Original
HL Donsu
Original
Betty (Whore)
Lillian Okun
Original
Matt of the Mint (Macheath's Gang)
Anthony Blair
Original
Macheath
Robert Chisholm
Original
Molly
Jean De Koven
Original
Vixen
Mary Heberden
Original
Lucy Brown
Josephine Huston
Original
Jimmy
Francis Kennelly
Original
Suky Tawdry
Hilda Kosta
Original
Jonathan Jeremiah Peachum
Rex Weber
Original
Trull
Eugene Reed
Original
Mrs. Peachum
Evelyn Beresford
Original
Charles Filch
Herbert Rudley
Original
Jenny
Marjorie Dille
Original
Polly Peachum
Steffi Duna
Original
Sawtooth Bob
George Heller
Original
Smith
Gerald Hamer
Original
Sheriff Brown
Rex Evans
Original
Walt Dreary (Macheath's Gang)
Harry Bellaver
Original
Beggar/Bystander
Harry Hornick
Original
Constable
Larry Larkin
Original
Clyde Turner
Original
James Clarence Harvey
Original
First Constable
Arthur Brady
Original
Beggar
Geraldine Lunby
Original
Gus Alexander
Original
Corine Anderson
Original
Louis Halperin
Original
Ellen Love
Original
Morton Ulman
Original
Thomas Murphy
Original
Jack Carstairs
Original
Harold Imber
Original
Lillian Ardell
Original
Richard Bengali
Original
Barbara Winchester
Original
Tom Morgan
Original
Madame
Lotta Burnell
Original
Artistic Production
Production
John Krimsky
Original

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