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The Beggar's Opera[1] is a ballad opera in three acts written in 1728 by John Gay with music arranged by Johann Christoph Pepusch. It is one of the watershed plays in Augustan drama and is the only example of the once thriving genre of satirical ballad opera to remain popular today.
The Beggar’s Opera, a ballad opera in three acts by John Gay, performed at Lincoln’s Inn Fields Theatre, London, in 1728 and published in the same year. The work combines comedy and political satire in prose interspersed with songs set to contemporary and traditional English, Irish, Scottish, and
Apr 13, 2008 · In The Beggar’s Opera no one is in the height of fashion. Macheath and certain Ladies of the Town alone “keep Company with Lords and Gentlemen,” and even then there must have been apparent a distinction. Macheath is unaltered. Here it was essential to keep to tradition. Macheath in a blue coat is unthinkable.
John Gay’s The Beggar’s Opera follows a band of hard-drinking, double-crossing thieves, rogues, and sex workers in the criminal underworld of 1720s London. The play centers on crime kingpin Peachum ’s quest to exact revenge on Macheath, a womanizing highwayman who has secretly married Peachum’s daughter, Polly.
Dec 1, 2000 · "The Beggar's Opera" by John Gay is a satirical play written in the early 18th century. The work presents a frothy critique of societal norms and corruption, focusing on the lives of characters existing on the fringes of society.
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Sep 11, 2008 · air, opera, scene, hath, polly, thy, pills, wench, peachum, thee, public domain, scene xiii, opera air, green sleeves, strong waters, scene viii, google book, captain macheath, beggars opera, thy polly Publisher De La More Press Collection americana Book from the collections of Harvard University Language English Item Size 24.5M
