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Threepenny Opera
Broadway
Original
Threepenny Opera
Broadway
Original
Empire Theatre
1430 Broadway (40th & 41st), New York, NY, New York, NY
SYNOPSIS:
music:
Kurt Weill
lyrics:
Bertolt Brecht
book:
Bertolt Brecht
People (52)
Harry Bellaver
Walt Dreary
(Original)
Evelyn Beresford
Mrs. Peachum
(Original)
Anthony Blair
Matt of the Mint
(Original)
Lotta Burnell
Madame
(Original)
Robert Chisholm
Macheath
(Original)
John Connolly
Reverend Kimball
(Original)
Jean De Koven
Molly
(Original)
Marjorie Dille
Jenny
(Original)
H.L. Donsu
Wing
(Original)
Steffi Duna
Polly Peachum
(Original)
Rex Evans
Sheriff Brown
(Original)
Gerald Hamer
Smith
(Original)
Mary Heberden
Vixen
(Original)
George Heller
Sawtooth Bob
(Original)
Ballad Singer
(Original)
Josephine Huston
Lucy Brown
(Original)
Francis Kennelly
Jimmy
(Original)
Hilda Kosta
Suky Tawdry
(Original)
Burgess Meredith
Crook-Finger Jack
(Original)
Lillian Okun
Betty
(Original)
Eugene Reed
Trull
(Original)
Herbert Rudley
Charles Filch
(Original)
Ruth Thomas
Dolly
(Original)
Rex Weber
Jonathan Jeremiah Peachum
(Original)
Gus Alexander
Beggar
(Original)
Corine Anderson
Beggar
(Original)
Lillian Ardell
Beggar
(Original)
Ricardo Bengali
Beggar
(Original)
Arthur Brady
First Constable
(Original)
Jack Carstairs
Beggar
(Original)
Louis Halperin
Beggar
(Original)
Clarence Harvey
Constable
(Original)
Harry Hornick
Beggar / Bystander
(Original)
Harold Imber
Beggar
(Original)
Larry Larkin
Constable
(Original)
Ellen Love
Beggar
(Original)
Geraldine Lunby
Beggar
(Original)
Tom Morgan
Beggar
(Original)
Thomas Murphy
Beggar
(Original)
Clyde Turner
Constable
(Original)
Morton Ulman
Beggar
(Original)
Barbara Winchester
Beggar
(Original)
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Harry Bellaver
Walt Dreary
(Original)
Evelyn Beresford
Mrs. Peachum
(Original)
Anthony Blair
Matt of the Mint
(Original)
Lotta Burnell
Madame
(Original)
Robert Chisholm
Macheath
(Original)
John Connolly
Reverend Kimball
(Original)
Jean De Koven
Molly
(Original)
Marjorie Dille
Jenny
(Original)
H.L. Donsu
Wing
(Original)
Steffi Duna
Polly Peachum
(Original)
Rex Evans
Sheriff Brown
(Original)
Gerald Hamer
Smith
(Original)
Mary Heberden
Vixen
(Original)
George Heller
Sawtooth Bob
(Original)
Ballad Singer
(Original)
Josephine Huston
Lucy Brown
(Original)
Francis Kennelly
Jimmy
(Original)
Hilda Kosta
Suky Tawdry
(Original)
Burgess Meredith
Crook-Finger Jack
(Original)
Lillian Okun
Betty
(Original)
Eugene Reed
Trull
(Original)
Herbert Rudley
Charles Filch
(Original)
Ruth Thomas
Dolly
(Original)
Rex Weber
Jonathan Jeremiah Peachum
(Original)
Gus Alexander
Beggar
(Original)
Corine Anderson
Beggar
(Original)
Lillian Ardell
Beggar
(Original)
Ricardo Bengali
Beggar
(Original)
Arthur Brady
First Constable
(Original)
Jack Carstairs
Beggar
(Original)
Louis Halperin
Beggar
(Original)
Clarence Harvey
Constable
(Original)
Harry Hornick
Beggar / Bystander
(Original)
Harold Imber
Beggar
(Original)
Larry Larkin
Constable
(Original)
Ellen Love
Beggar
(Original)
Geraldine Lunby
Beggar
(Original)
Tom Morgan
Beggar
(Original)
Thomas Murphy
Beggar
(Original)
Clyde Turner
Constable
(Original)
Morton Ulman
Beggar
(Original)
Barbara Winchester
Beggar
(Original)
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Bertolt Brecht
Original German Libretto
Source Material (from the German "Die Dreigroschenoper")
Kurt Weill
Music
Orchestration
Gifford Cochran
English Adapttion
Producer
Jerrold Krimsky
English Adaptation
Elisabeth Hauptmann
Source Material (from the German "Die Dreigroschenoper")
John Gay
Source Material ("The Beggar's Opera")
Francesco Von Mendelssohn
Director
Cleon Throckmorton
Scenic Design
Caspar Neher
Setting Design
John Krimsky
Producer
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Pro Info
Opening Date
Apr
13
1933
Closing Date
Apr
22
1933
Performances
12
as of Jul 18, 2025
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