Performance

Venue	Contact Theatre
	Also: Brickhouse Studio
Town	Manchester
County	Greater Manchester
From	17th December 2002
To	21st December 2002
When	19:30
Prices	From £12.00. To £12.00.
Contact Theatre (V483)
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The Threepenny Opera

Work:: The Threepenny Opera (S2106)

In a world run by beggars, thieves, crooks and whores the only way to survive is violence and cruelty. Criminal ringleader Macheath has secretly married the daughter of the ruler of the beggars and his many 'wives', girlfriends and whores have to decide whether they are better off with or without him. Everyone betrays everyone else as there can be no loyalty amongst the downtrodden. Macheath's seductive journey through Brecht's Threepenny underworld will highlight the gender issues and conflicts in addition to the more obvious class struggles as he attempts to skilfully sidestep the gallows.

Music	Kurt Weill
Book by	Bertolt Brecht
Lyrics	Bertolt Brecht

Production:: (T558834924)

Company	Royal National Theatre
Translation	Jeremy Sams (lyrics)
Adapted by	Anthony Meech (book)
Translation	Elisabeth Hauptmann (original German translation of [John Gay]'s The Beggar's Opera)
Director	Timothy Baker
Design	Mark Bailey
Other	Steven Edis (musical supervision)
Director	Douglas Whyte (music)
Lighting	Nick Beadle
Lighting	Flick Ansell (associate lighting designer)
Choreographer	Francesca Jaynes
Sound	Neil Alexander
Other	Fiona Lesley (education director)
Performer	Christopher Dickins
Performer	Natasha Lewis
Performer	James Lailey
Performer	Elizabeth Marsh
Performer	Lois Naylor
Performer	Michael Shaeffer (Macheath)
Performer	David Rubin (Peachum)
Performer	Harvey Verdi
Performer	Douglas Whyte

Listing:: L01971159433

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