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The Threepenny Opera
National Theatre, London SE1
3/5
BRECHT on the London stage is always a cause for celebration and the National Theatre throwing its considerable resources at one of his acknowledged masterpieces should be a moment to savour.
But it doesn’t quite hit the spot.
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