Shocking? No, just true to the fiery spirit of Brecht | Vanessa Thorpe
Of course there is swearing in the National's production of The Threepenny Opera. The play is an attack on bourgeois valuesEver wanted to stand up in front of a vast crowd of genteel, cultured people " perhaps the packed auditorium of the Olivier at the National Theatre on London's South Bank? " and call out a series of expletives? Such was the opportunity given last week to members of the cast of the venue's new pro…