Unlike any other opera, the so-called Beggar's Opera is not just one composition, but a lineage of adapted compositions, beginning with the original hugely successful 1728 political satire written by Englishman John Gay. Composers and writers have penned variations on it ever since. The most famous of these was A Threepenny Opera by Bertholt Brecht and Kurt Weill. Some things these compositions share in common is their setting among the poor and criminal classes, and the roguish character Macheath. This production is based on an adaptation of Gay's original by Vaclav Havel the freedom-fighter, writer and philosopher who became the first (and only) president of the united post-communist country of Czechoslovakia, and it retains many traces of its theatrical origins. Film reviewers were not too tolerant of what they called "slavish adherence" to the noted Czech writer's stage production, but theater, philosophy and history buffs may feel otherwise.
The 2019 Rose Parade with Cord & Tish
Comedy, Documentary
6.2
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Family, Fantasy
8.1
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Comedy, TV Movie
8.4
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Music, Documentary
8.3
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Comedy, Drama
6.7
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Crime, Thriller
6.2
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Family, Animation, Adventure
7.0
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Thriller
5.9
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Adventure, Science Fiction, Fantasy
6.9
Restart the Earth
Science Fiction, Horror, Action
6.7
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Horror, Thriller
6.1
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Animation, Music
5.8
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Animation, Fantasy, Family
6.0
Merlin: The Return
Family, Fantasy, Science Fiction, Adventure
5.1
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Animation, Comedy, Adventure, Family
7.4
After We Fell
Romance, Drama
7.0
Crime Wave
Comedy, Crime
5.8
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Comedy
6.0
Hello
Comedy
5.7
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Comedy, Drama
5.8
The Prom
Romance, Comedy
6.1
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Comedy, Crime, Drama
7.1
Kubo
TV Movie, Drama, Comedy
8.5
Trouble in Paradise
Comedy, Crime, Romance
7.4
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Comedy, TV Movie, Romance
5.1
Three Blind Mice
Comedy, Romance
6.0
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Comedy, Crime
6.1
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Comedy
5.0
Playboy of Paris
Comedy, Romance
7.0
Him and His Sister
Comedy
5.6
Heaven Can Wait
Fantasy, Comedy, Romance
6.6
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Comedy, History
0.0
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Comedy, TV Movie
0.0
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Comedy, Drama, Romance
7.3
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Comedy, Drama, Romance
7.2
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Drama, Comedy
5.4
Shirley Valentine
Romance, Comedy
6.3
Heaven Can Wait
Comedy, Romance, Fantasy, Drama
6.9
The Cat and the Canary
Comedy, Horror, Mystery
7.0
Kiss Me, Kate
Comedy, Romance, Music
0.0