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In this work, John Gay turned the 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 then Prime Minister, Sir Robert Walpole.

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Publisher
Methuen Drama
Language
English
Pages
119

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Subjects
Ballad operas, Librettos

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The Beggar's Opera
Jan 28, 2013, HardPress Publishing
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The beggar's opera
2010, Methuen Drama
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The beggar's opera: Pastorale à Newgate : texte anglais fac-simile de la quatrième édition (1735) comprenant les chansons et les airs ainsi que l'ouverture, traduction en regard
1967, Association des publications de la Faculté des lettres et sciences humaines de Toulouse
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The beggar's opera: [with the airs of the songs]
1923, Gowans & Gray
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The beggar's opera
1921, W. Heinemann
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The beggar's opera: in three acts: written by Mr. Gay ; marked with the variations in the manager's book at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane
1793, Printed for W. Lowndes and S. Bladon
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The beggar's opera: a comic opera
1791, Printed for the proprietors, under the direction of John Bell, British Library
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The beggar's opera: as it is acted at the Theatre-Royal in Lincolns-Inn-Fields
1728, Printed for John Watts at the Printing-Office in Wild-Court near Lincoln's-Inn Fields
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The beggar's opera: As it is acted at the Theatre-Royal in Lincolns-Inn-Fields
1728, Printed for J. Watts
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London
Series
New mermaids, New mermaids

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Dewey Decimal Class
822.5
Library of Congress
PR3473.B6

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Format
[electronic resource] /
Pagination
1 online resource (xxxiii, 119 p.)
Number of pages
119

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OL44531710M

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