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Captain Macheath is a
fictional character who
appears both in John ****'s The Beggar's
Opera (1728), its
sequel Polly (1777), and 150
years later in Bertolt...
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Krimsky and
staged by
Francesco von Mendelssohn,
featured Robert Chisholm as
Macheath. It
opened on
Broadway at the
Empire Theatre, on
April 13, 1933, and closed...
- The
character of
Macheath has been
considered by
critics as both a hero and an anti-hero.
Harold Gene Moss,
arguing that
Macheath is a
noble character...
- song
tells of a knife-wielding
criminal of the
London underworld named Macheath, the "Mack the Knife" of the title. The song has
become a po****r standard...
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sequences to
Macheath's escape. The
framing device is also changed: the
Beggar is
himself a
prisoner in
Newgate with the real
Macheath, who
escapes at...
- Brecht/Weill
musical The
Threepenny Opera. The film
stars Raúl Juliá as
Captain Macheath (reprising his Tony-nominated role from
Richard Foreman 1974
revival of...
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October 2016,
Kinnear found his "dormant"
singing voice for the role of
Macheath. In
February 2017, he made his
directing debut with The Winter's Tale,...
- the 1989 film
adaptation of The
Threepenny Opera,
recreating the role of
Macheath for the movie,
which was
renamed Mack the
Knife for its
American release...
- Beggar's
Opera (1728), a
ballad opera. The characters,
including Captain Macheath and
Polly Peachum,
became household names. **** was born in Barnstaple,...
-
English adaptation of Jean Genet's one-act play Elle 2006
Threepenny Opera Macheath Roundabout Theatre Company,
Studio 54
Broadway Revival 2007 The Bacchae...
