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Title: The Threepenny Opera by Bertolt Brecht ISBN: 1-55970-252-4 Publisher: Arcade Books Pub. Date: 01 August, 1994 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $10.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.5 (2 reviews)
Rating: 2
Summary: A rather boring translation of the great Dreigroschenoper
Comment: One has to know and understand the original German text of the Dreigroschenoper to be really able to judge the quality of the English translations. This one, used among others by Helen Schneider on her album with Weill songs, has nothing of the sarcasms of the German lyrics. Better read the 1954 translation of Marc Blitzstein or the translation made by Frank McGuinness in the early 1990s.
Rating: 5
Summary: Probably the best translation to capture Brecht's intentions
Comment: Of all the translations on the market, this one is the best -- most are watered-down, tepid versions. Manheim & Willet's was used in the late 1970's revival of the piece by the New York Shakespeare Festival, which starred the late Raul Julia and Ellen Greene (of "Little Shop of Horrors" fame, in the role originally intended for Lotte Lenya).
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Title:The Threepenny Opera (1954 New York Cast) (Blitzstein Adaptation) ASIN: B00004X09T Publisher: Decca U.S. Pub. Date: 29 August, 2000 List Price(USD): $18.98 Comparison N/A, buy it from Amazon for $14.99 |
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Title: The Marquise of O--, and Other Stories by Heinrich Von Kleist, Heinrich Von Kleist, David Luke ISBN: 0140443592 Publisher: Viking Press Pub. Date: September, 1978 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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Title:The Threepenny Opera (1994 London Donmar Warehouse Cast) ASIN: B000005BGU Publisher: Jay Records Pub. Date: 18 February, 1997 List Price(USD): $18.98 Comparison N/A, buy it from Amazon for $14.99 |
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Title: Mother Courage and Her Children by Bertolt Brecht, Eric Bentley ISBN: 0802130828 Publisher: Grove Press Pub. Date: October, 1991 List Price(USD): $6.95 |
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Title: Brecht on Theatre : The Development of an Aesthetic by Bertolt Brecht, John Willett ISBN: 0809005425 Publisher: Hill & Wang Pub Pub. Date: 01 January, 1964 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
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