Several characters in this work saw off the legs of a harpsichord to use it as a table during a ceremony at which one character sings "Jenny the Pirate.
Several characters in this work saw off the legs of a harpsichord to use it as a table during a ceremony at which one character sings "Jenny the Pirate." One character in this work shows the beggar Filch the five types of human misery before barring him from receiving a license from Beggar's Friend, Ltd. Jonathan Jeremiah threatens to ruin the Queen's coronation by flooding it with poor people in this play, a gambit which neutralizes the protagonist's friendship with Chief of Police Tiger Brown. The protagonist of this work leads a gang that includes Crook Finger Jack, Matt of the Mint, and Sawtooth Bob, but draws the ire of the Beggar Boss by marrying his daughter Polly Peachum. For 10 points, name this work about Mac the Knife, a play by Bertolt Brecht based on a John Gay drama.
Several characters in this work saw off the legs of a harpsichord to use it as a table during a ceremony at which one character sings "Jenny the Pirate.
The Threepenny Opera [or Die Dreigroschenoper]