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Script Page for "The Threepenny Opera"
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Reverse side of a script page for "The Threepenny Opera" with two possible alternate stanzas for the song Mack the Knife; one stanza is typewritten and the other is written in pen and pencil by Marc Blitzstein.
1954
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W014584
WHi 137289
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Script Page for "The Threepenny Opera"
1954
A page from the working script for "The Threepenny Opera" production at the Theatre de Lys in New York City in 1954. The page is from the start of the opera and includes the lyrics for the Ballad o...
