Thursday, October 25, 2007

Bertolt Brecht's Threepenny Opera




Begin: 10/24/07
End: 10/25/07
Quality: Four out of Ten.
Reason: Modern Drama
Genre: Drama. Modern Drama.
Original Language: German.
Date of Publication: 1928.
Fog Index: N/A
Flesch Index: N/A
Flesch-Kincaid Index: N/A
Complex Words:N/A.
Number: Second.
Synopsis: Machealth is a master criminal. He ends up marrying Mr. Peachum, the “King of Beggars”, daughter, Polly, who then wants him hanged for marrying his daughter behind his back. Mr. Peachum then tries to get Machealth hanged.
Thoughts: I really didn’t like it. I had to force myself to finish it. It just kept reminding me of Oliver and the characters and all the damn songs were annoying the shit out of me.

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