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Drama Classics: The World's Great Plays at a Great Little Price
John Gay's bawdy and burlesque pastiche of classical Italian opera,
often regarded as the world's first ever musical. Peachum the
thief-catcher is horrified when he discovers his beloved daughter
Polly has married Macheath the highwayman; he and his wife plot
Macheath's death in the knowledge that they would be entitled to
their daughter's inheritance once he was out of the way. But Lockit
the prison warden is also after the highwayman's treasures, and
daughter Lucy his crown jewels... The Beggar's Opera was premiered
at the Lincoln's Inn Fields Theatre, London, in January 1728. This
edition of The Beggar's Opera is edited and introduced by Colin
Counsell
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John Gay
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Gay's the Beggar's Opera
John Gay, John Christopher PEPUSCH, Frederic Austin
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R830
Discovery Miles 8 300
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The Beggar's Opera (Paperback, Reissue)
John Gay; Edited by Bryan Loughrey; Introduction by Bryan Loughrey, T.O. Treadwell
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R272
R219
Discovery Miles 2 190
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‘Whore and rogue they call husband and wife: All professions be-rogue one another' The tale of Peachum, thief-taker and informer, conspiring to send the dashing and promiscuous highwayman Macheath to the gallows, became the theatrical sensation of the eighteenth century. In The Beggar’s Opera, John Gay turned conventions of Italian opera riotously upside-down, instead using traditional popular ballads and street tunes, while also indulging in political satire at the expense of the Prime Minister, Sir Robert Walpole. Gay’s highly original depiction of the thieves, informers, prostitutes and highwaymen thronging the slums and prisons of the corrupt London underworld proved brilliantly successful in exposing the dark side of a corrupt and jaded society. Bryan Loughrey and T. O. Treadwell’s introduction examines the eighteenth-century background of musical theatre and opera, the changing cityscape of London and the corruption of the legal system. This edition also includes a note on the music in The Beggar’s Opera and suggestions for further reading.
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