In another appearance, a reversal of fortune prompts him to lament "at the tree I shall suffer with pleasure."
In one appearance, this character's execution clears the way for his widow to marry the Indian prince Cawwawkee. In another appearance, a reversal of fortune prompts him to lament "at the tree I shall suffer with pleasure." In a third work, he reveals that he is an old army friend of Tiger Brown, the Chief of Police, and at the end is arbitrarily pardoned and awarded a title by Queen Victoria. In that work, he is celebrated in the opening "Moritat," or murder-ballad, and has a love interest who sings the song "Pirate Jenny." This character marries Polly Peachum at the beginning of plays by John Gay and Bertolt Brecht. For 10 points, name this bandit anti-hero of The Beggar's Opera and The Threepenny Opera, a man known for carrying a knife.
In one appearance, this character's execution clears the way for his widow to marry the Indian prince Cawwawkee.
Macheath [or Mackie Messer; or Mack the Knife]