Roy Brocksmith, Tony Azito, Robert Schlee, & Jack Eric Williams
C. K. Alexander
C. K. Alexander & Elizabeth Wilson
The Threepenny Opera Ensemble (1976)
Caroline Kava
Raul Julia, David Sabin, & The Threepenny Opera Ensemble (1976)
Caroline Kava & Raul Julia
Caroline Kava
Caroline Kava, C. K. Alexander, & Elizabeth Wilson
Caroline Kava & Raul Julia
Elizabeth Wilson (Actress)
Ellen Greene
Ellen Greene & Raul Julia
Raul Julia
Blair Brown & Caroline Kava
Raul Julia, Ellen Greene, & The Threepenny Opera Ensemble (1976)
C. K. Alexander
Ellen Greene
Raul Julia
Raul Julia
New York Shakespeare Festival Revival Cast of The Threepenny Opera
Roy Brocksmith
This 1928 agitprop socialist anthem was written by Bertolt Brecht with composer Kurt Weil for their epic musical drama, The Threepenny Opera. The play, a satirical, jazz-influenced critique of capitalism, was translated into 18 languages and had been performed more than 10,000 times on European stag...
[MACHEATH]
You gentlemen who think you have a mission
To purge us of the seven deadly sins
Should first sort out the basic food position
Then start your preaching: that's where it begins
You lot, who preach restraint and watch your waist as well
Should learn for once the way the world is run
However much you twist, whatever lies that you tell
Food is the first thing. Morals follow on
So first make sure that those who now are starving
Get proper helpings when we all start carving
[VOICE OFFSTAGE]
What keeps mankind alive?
[MACHEATH]
What keeps mankind alive? The fact that millions
Are daily tortured, stifled, punished, silenced, oppressed
Mankind can keep alive thanks to its brilliance
In keeping its humanity repressed
[ENSEMBLE]
For once you must try not to shirk the facts
Mankind is kept alive by bestial acts
[JENNY]
You say that girls may strip with your permission
You draw the line dividing art from sin
So first sort out the basic food position
Then start your preaching: that's where we begin
You lot, who bank on your desires and our disgust
Should learn for once the way the world is run
Whatever lies you tell, however much you twist
Food is the first thing. Morals follow on
So first make sure that those who now are starving
Get proper helpings when we all start carving
[VOICE OFFSTAGE]
What keeps mankind alive?
[JENNY]
What keeps mankind alive? The fact that millions
Are daily tortured, stifled, punished, silenced, oppressed
Mankind can keep alive thanks to its brilliance
In keeping its humanity repressed
[ENSEMBLE]
For once you must try not to shirk the facts
Mankind is kept alive by bestial acts
Second Threepenny Finale was written by Kurt Weill & Bertolt Brecht.
Second Threepenny Finale was produced by Larry Morton.
Raul Julia, Ellen Greene, & The Threepenny Opera Ensemble (1976) released Second Threepenny Finale on Mon Oct 25 1976.