Drama on 3 - The Threepenny Opera

Berthold Brecht and Kurt Weill's famous 1928 play with music, featuring a collaboration between BBC Radio Drama and the BBC Philharmonic. When Peachum discovers that his daughter Polly has secretly married London's most notorious gangster Macheath 'Mack the Knife', he wants revenge. Will Macheath be forced to go on the run? Macheath ...... Joseph Millson Polly/Whore ...... Elen Rhys Mrs Peachum/Whore ...... Ruth Alexander-Rubin Mr Peachum/Rev Kimball ...... Zubin Varla Lucy/Whore ...... Rosalie Craig Jenny ...... Ute Gfrerer Tiger Brown ...... Conrad Nelson Matt ...... Kevin Harvey Jack/Beggar ...... Sean Oliver Walter ...... Declan Wilson Sawtooth Bob/PC Smith ...... Peter Edbrook Jimmy/Filch/Policeman ...... Graeme Hawley Ballad Singer ...... HK Gruber Betty ...... Olwen May Chorus ...... Manchester Chamber Choir Music by the BBC Philharmonic HK Gruber (conductor) Directed by Nadia Molinari A BBC Radio Drama North and BBC Philharmonic co-production. Translated by Michael Feingold