Collected Plays: pt. 1. Man equals man and The elephant calfMethuen, 1970 |
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... there's nothing for it but starvation . Take this one , for instance - ' Give and it shall be given unto you ' - how ... there ! Money in the bank , those are . Got a whole library full of them , I suppose ? That's what I call really ...
... there's nothing for it but starvation . Take this one , for instance - ' Give and it shall be given unto you ' - how ... there ! Money in the bank , those are . Got a whole library full of them , I suppose ? That's what I call really ...
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... There's nothing on record against me at Scotland Yard . POLLY : Perhaps there wasn't yesterday , but suddenly today there's an awful lot . You - I've brought the charges with me , I don't even know if I can get them straight , the list ...
... There's nothing on record against me at Scotland Yard . POLLY : Perhaps there wasn't yesterday , but suddenly today there's an awful lot . You - I've brought the charges with me , I don't even know if I can get them straight , the list ...
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... there are some limits . The simple life is fine for those it suits . I don't find , for my part , that it attracts . There's not a bird from here to Halifax Would peck at such unappetising fruits . What use is freedom ? None , to judge ...
... there are some limits . The simple life is fine for those it suits . I don't find , for my part , that it attracts . There's not a bird from here to Halifax Would peck at such unappetising fruits . What use is freedom ? None , to judge ...
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actors audience Aufricht Ballad of Sexual bandit Beggar's Opera beggars Berlin Bill Lawgen bourgeois Brecht Captain Carola Neher constables Coronation Cuttlefish Hotel daughter dear dialogue Elisabeth Hauptmann Enter epic epic theatre Erich Engel FILCH follows François Villon gang Gay's Act Gay's scene gentlemen girl give goes hanged happy heart Jackie JAKE know what living Kurt Weill ladies lamps are lowered laugh look LUCY Mac the Knife Macheath Mackie madam married MATTHEW Médoc morning Neher never nice Old Bailey once organ is lit outfit PEACHUM play police POLLY Polly's poor production Ralph Manheim Scotland Yard Sexual Obsession signs say sing Smith Soho Song lighting speech stage script stand Suky Tawdry tell Theater am Schiffbauerdamm theatre There's thing Three lamps Threepenny Opera Tiger Brown WALTER wedding Weill What's whores wife