Threepenny Opera

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Empire Theatre , (4/13/1933 - 4/22/1933)

Category: Musical, Operetta, Original, Broadway

Setting: 19th-century London. Peachum's Beggar's Outfit Shop, a brothel in Wapping, Newgate Prison, a street, an empty stable.

Production Staff
Produced by John Krimsky and Gifford Cochran
Original German libretto by Bertolt Brecht; Adapted into English by Gifford Cochran and Jerrold Krimsky; Based on the German "Die Dreigroschenoper" by Elisabeth Hauptmann and Bertolt Brecht; Based on the "The Beggar's Opera" by John Gay; Music by Kurt Weill; Musical Director: Macklin Marrow; Music orchestrated by Kurt Weill
Staged by Francesco Von Mendelssohn
Scenic Design by Cleon Throckmorton; Settings based on designs by Caspar Neher

Cast

Gus Alexander	Beggar
Corine Anderson	Beggar
Lillian Ardell	Beggar
Harry Bellaver	Walt Dreary Macheath's gang
Richard Bengali	Beggar
Evelyn Beresford	Mrs. Peachum
Anthony Blair	Matt of the Mint Macheath's gang
Arthur Brady	First Constable
Lotta Burnell	Madame
Jack Carstairs	Beggar
Robert Chisholm	Macheath Mack the Knife; head of a gang of crooks
John Connolly	Reverend Kimball
Jean De Koven	Molly a whore
Marjorie Dille	Jenny a whore
H.L. Donsu	Wing
Steffi Duna	Polly Peachum daughter of Jonathan and Mrs. Peachum
Rex Evans	Sheriff Brown
Louis Halperin	Beggar
Gerald Hamer	Smith a police constable
James Clarence Harvey	Constable
Mary Heberden	Vixen
George Heller	Ballad Singer
	Sawtooth Bob Macheath's gang
Harry Hornick	Beggar / Bystander
Josephine Huston	Lucy Brown Brown's daughter
Harold Imber	Beggar
Francis Kennelly	Jimmy Macheath's gang
Hilda Kosta	Suky Tawdry
Larry Larkin	Constable
Ellen Love	Beggar
Geraldine Lunby	Beggar
Burgess Meredith	Crook-Finger Jack Macheath's gang
Tom Morgan	Beggar
Thomas Murphy	Beggar
Lillian Okun	Betty a whore
Eugene Reed	Trull
Herbert Rudley	Charles Filch a beggar
Ruth Thomas	Dolly a whore
Clyde Turner	Constable
Morton Ulman	Beggar
Rex Weber	Jonathan Jeremiah Peachum head of a gang of beggars
Barbara Winchester	Beggar

ACT 1	Sung By
The Legend of Mackie Messer	Ballad Singer
Wedding Song	The Gang
Pirate Jenny	Polly Peachum (daughter of Jonathan and Mrs. Peachum)
Soldiers' Song	Macheath (Mack the Knife; head of a gang of crooks) and Sheriff Brown
Love Duet	Polly Peachum (daughter of Jonathan and Mrs. Peachum) and Macheath (Mack the Knife; head of a gang of crooks)
First Finale	Jonathan Jeremiah Peachum (head of a gang of beggars), Mrs. Peachum and Polly Peachum (daughter of Jonathan and Mrs. Peachum)
ACT 2	Sung By
Farewell Song	Polly Peachum (daughter of Jonathan and Mrs. Peachum) and Macheath (Mack the Knife; head of a gang of crooks)
Tango-Ballad	Jenny (a whore) and Macheath (Mack the Knife; head of a gang of crooks)
Lucy Song	Lucy Brown (Brown's daughter)
Ballad of the Easy Life	Macheath (Mack the Knife; head of a gang of crooks)
Jealousy Duet	Lucy Brown (Brown's daughter) and Polly Peachum (daughter of Jonathan and Mrs. Peachum)
Second Finale	Jenny (a whore), Macheath (Mack the Knife; head of a gang of crooks) and Chorus
ACT 3	Sung By
Song of the Aimlessness of Life	Jonathan Jeremiah Peachum (head of a gang of beggars)
Cry from the Dungeon	Macheath (Mack the Knife; head of a gang of crooks)
Testament	Macheath (Mack the Knife; head of a gang of crooks)
Third Finale	Sheriff Brown, Macheath (Mack the Knife; head of a gang of crooks), Polly Peachum (daughter of Jonathan and Mrs. Peachum), Jenny (a whore), Lucy Brown (Brown's daughter), Mrs. Peachum, Jonathan Jeremiah Peachum (head of a gang of beggars) and Chorus