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Beggar's Operaby John Gay , John Caird, Ilona SekaczISBN 0413772403 (0-413-77240-3)
Softcover, Methuen Publishing Limited
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Beggar's Opera'Book summary:[via]A receiver of stolen goods informs on his chief supplier, setting in motion an increasingly absurd turn of events. In addition to its burlesque of the then-current vogue for Italian operatic styles, this satirical 1728 play ridicules a broad spectrum of political figures and social conventions. Influential prototype for Threepenny Opera.More editions of Beggar's Opera:
- Beggar's Opera: ISBN 0486408884 (0-486-40888-4)
Softcover, Dover Pubns - Beggar's Opera: ISBN 0548677530 (0-548-67753-0)
Softcover, Kessinger Pub Co - The Beggar's Opera: ISBN 014188200X (0-14-188200-X)
Hardcover, Penguin Books, Limited - The Beggar's Opera: ISBN 0141882018 (0-14-188201-8)
Hardcover, Penguin Books, Limited - Beggar's Opera: ISBN 0050027166 (0-05-002716-6)
Softcover, Oliver & Boyd - Beggar's Opera: ISBN 006492341X (0-06-492341-X)
Softcover, Harpercollins - Beggar's Opera: ISBN 0050027174 (0-05-002717-4)
Hardcover, Oliver & Boyd - The Beggar's Opera: ISBN 0486229203 (0-486-22920-3)
Hardcover, Dover Publications, Incorporated - Beggar's Opera: ISBN 0413772403 (0-413-77240-3)
Softcover, Methuen Publishing Limited
- Beggar's Opera: ISBN 0486408884 (0-486-40888-4)
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Beggar's Operaby Bryan Loughrey, John Gay , T. O. TreadwellISBN 0140432205 (0-14-043220-5)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Beggar's Opera'Book summary:[via]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 Beggars 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. Gays 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. Treadwells 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 Beggars Opera and suggestions for further reading.
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The Beggars Opera and Other Eighteenth Century Playsby John Gay , David W. Lindsay, Teresa GallagherISBN 0460873148 (0-460-87314-8)
Softcover, Dent & Sons (Canada), Limited, J. M.
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Fables Of Mr. John Gayby John Gay , Gian Francesco GiorgettiISBN 0548579407 (0-548-57940-7)
Softcover, Kessinger Pub Co
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Fables: With a Memoir by Austin Dobsonby John GayISBN 0404701027 (0-404-70102-7)
Hardcover, Ams Pr Inc
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John Gay: Dramatic Worksby John GayISBN 0198127014 (0-19-812701-4)
Hardcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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John Gay: Dramatic Worksby John GayISBN 0198123205 (0-19-812320-5)
Hardcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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The Poetical, Dramatic, and Miscellaneous Works of John Gayby John GayISBN 0404027903 (0-404-02790-3)
Hardcover, AMS Press
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Poetry and Prose of John Gayby John Gay , Vinton A. DearingISBN 019811897X (0-19-811897-X)
Hardcover, Clarendon Press
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Selected Poemsby John Gay , Marcus WalshISBN 0415967392 (0-415-96739-2)
Softcover, Routledge
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Trivia Or The Art Of Walking The Streets Of Londonby John Gay , William H. WilliamsISBN 0548786976 (0-548-78697-6)
Softcover, Kessinger Pub Co
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Universals of Human Thought: Some African Evidenceby John Gay , William H. WilliamsISBN 0521298180 (0-521-29818-0)
Softcover, Cambridge Univ Pr
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Universals of Human Thought: The African Evidenceby Barbara B. Lloyd, University of Cambridge African Studies Centre, John Gay , Barbara Bloom LloydISBN 0521229537 (0-521-22953-7)
Hardcover, Cambridge Univ Pr
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The Villains' Opera: After the Beggar's Opera by John Gayby John Gay , Nick DearISBN 0571205097 (0-571-20509-7)
Hardcover, Faber and Faber
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