Captain Macheath
Captain Macheath is a fictional character who appears both in John Gay's "The Beggar's Opera" ( 1728 ) , its sequel "Polly" ( 1777 ) , and roughly 150 years later in Bertolt Brecht's "The Threepenny Opera" ( 1928 ) . 
<triplet> Captain Macheath <subj> The Beggar's Opera <obj> present in work <subj> Polly <obj> present in work <triplet> John Gay <subj> The Beggar's Opera <obj> notable work <triplet> The Threepenny Opera <subj> Bertolt Brecht <obj> author