The Threepenny Opera
by Bertolt Brecht
Company: The Citizens’ Company
Venue: Glasgow Citizens' Theatre
Performance dates: 5th October to 1st November, 1972
Synopsis: Mack The Knife, MacHeath, owns the low streets of London - a suave exterior but a killer underneath. But he is nearly on the gallows when his wives betray him for falling in love with Polly Peachum.
Cast:
| MacHeath | - | LEWIS COLLINS |
| Polly Peachum | - | Celia Foxe |
| Jenny | - | Paola Dionisotti |
| Mr. Jonathan Peachum | - | Christopher C. Taynton |
| Mrs. Peachum | - | Jill Spurrier |
| Tiger Brown | - | Jeffery Kissoon |
| Lucy | - | Yvonne Nicholson |
| Matt | - | Jeremy Blake |
| Jake | - | Jonathan Levy |
| Walt | - | Laurance Rudic |
| Bob | - | Murray Salem |
| Filch | - | Jeremy Blake |
| Rev. Kimball | - | Patrick Hannaway |
| Smith | - | Ellis Jones |
| Dolly | - | Patrick Hannaway |
| Betty | - | Murray Salem |
| Coaxer | - | Laurance Rudic |
| Constables | - | Jeremy Blake & Patrick Hannaway |
Reviews:
"First rate performances come from Lewis Collins, whose transition from down-and-out to polished gangster is beautifully handled" The Stage, 12th October, 1972