John Gays The Beggars Opera 1728 2004

Author : Uwe Böker
Publisher : Rodopi
ISBN 13 : 9042021136
Total Pages : 349 pages
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Download or read book John Gay's The Beggar's Opera, 1728-2004 written by Uwe Böker and published by Rodopi. This book was released on 2006 with total page 349 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Richard Steele remarked that the greatest Evils in human Society are such as no Law can come at, he was not able to forsee the spectacular success of John Gay's satire of society, the administration of law and crime, politics, the Italian opera and other topics. Gay's The Beggar's Opera, with its mixture of witty dialogue and popular songs, was imitated by 18th century writers, criticized by those on the seats of power, but remained a favourite of the English theatre public ever since. With N. Playfair's 1920 revival and B. Brecht's and K. Weill's 1928 Dreigroschenoper, Gay's play has been a starting-point for dramatists such as V. Havel (Zebrácká opera, 1975), W. Soyinka (Opera Wonyosi, 1977), Ch. Buarque (Ópera do Malandro, 1978), D. Fo (L'opera dello sghignazzo, 1981), A. Ayckbourn (A Chorus of Disapproval, 1984), as well as others such as Latouche, Hacks, Fassbinder, Dear, Wasserman, and Lepage. Apart from contributions by international scholars analysing the above-named plays, the editors' introduction covers other dramatists that have payed hommage to Gay. This interdisciplinary collection of essays is of particular interest for scholars working in the field of drama/theatre studies, the eighteenth century, contemporary drama, postcolonial studies, and politics and the stage.

Author : Uwe Böker
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Author : John Gay
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Total Pages : 172 pages
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Download or read book The Beggar's Opera written by John Gay and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : John Gay
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Total Pages : 236 pages
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Download or read book The Beggar's Opera written by John Gay and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Den fuldstændige libretto og musikken til alle sangene (for klaver med underlagte tekster), arrangeret af J.C. Pepusch

Author : John Gay
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ISBN 13 : 9781536840483
Total Pages : 88 pages
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Download or read book The Beggar's Opera by John Gay. written by John Gay and published by . This book was released on 2016-08-02 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Beggar's Opera 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. Ballad operas were satiric musical plays that used some of the conventions of opera, but without recitative. The lyrics of the airs in the piece are set to popular broadsheet ballads, opera arias, church hymns and folk tunes of the time. The Beggar's Opera premiered at the Lincoln's Inn Fields Theatre on 29 January 1728 and ran for 62 consecutive performances, the longest run in theatre history up to that time (after 146 performances of Robert Cambert's "Pomone" in Paris in 1671). The work became Gay's greatest success and has been played ever since; it has been called "the most popular play of the eighteenth century." In 1920, The Beggar's Opera began an astonishing revival run of 1,463 performances at the Lyric Theatre in Hammersmith, London, which was one of the longest runs in history for any piece of musical theatre at that time.

Author : John Gay
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781522995234
Total Pages : 66 pages
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Download or read book The Beggar's Opera written by John Gay and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2015-12-31 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Beggar's Opera A Ballad Opera in Three Acts By John Gay The Beggar's Opera 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. Ballad operas were satiric musical plays that used some of the conventions of opera, but without recitative. The lyrics of the airs in the piece are set to popular broadsheet ballads, opera arias, church hymns and folk tunes of the time. The Beggar's Opera premiered at the Lincoln's Inn Fields Theatre on 29 January 1728 and ran for 62 consecutive performances, the longest run in theatre history up to that time (after 146 performances of Rober Cambert's "Pomone" in 1671). The work became Gay's greatest success and has been played ever since; it has been called "the most popular play of the eighteenth century."[4] In 1920, The Beggar's Opera began an astonishing revival run of 1,463 performances at the Lyric Theatre in Hammersmith, London, which was one of the longest runs in history for any piece of musical theatre at that time. Peachum, a fence and thief-catcher, justifies his actions. Mrs. Peachum, overhearing her husband's blacklisting of unproductive thieves, protests regarding one of them, Bob Booty (the nickname of Robert Walpole). The Peachums discover that Polly, their daughter, has secretly married Macheath, the famous highwayman, who is Peachum's principal client. Upset to find out that he will no longer be able to use Polly in his business, Peachum and his wife ask how Polly will support such a husband "in Gaming, Drinking and Whoring." Nevertheless, they conclude that the match may make sense if the husband can be killed for his money. They leave to carry out this errand. However, Polly has hidden Macheath. Macheath goes to a tavern where he is surrounded by women of dubious virtue who, despite their class, compete in displaying perfect drawing-room manners, although the subject of their conversation is their success in picking pockets and shoplifting. Macheath discovers, too late, that two of them (Jenny Diver, Suky Tawdry) have contracted with Peachum to capture him, and he becomes a prisoner in Newgate prison. The prison is run by Peachum's associate, the corrupt jailer Lockit. His daughter, Lucy Lockit, has the opportunity to scold Macheath for having agreed to marry her and then broken this promise. She tells him that to see him tortured would give her pleasure. Macheath pacifies her, but Polly arrives and claims him as her husband. Macheath tells Lucy that Polly is crazy. Lucy helps Macheath to escape by stealing her father's keys. Her father learns of Macheath's promise to marry her and worries that if Macheath is recaptured and hanged, his fortune might be subject to Peachum's claims. Lockit and Peachum discover Macheath's hiding place. They decide to split his fortune.

Author : John Gay
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Total Pages : 176 pages
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Download or read book The Beggar's Opera written by John Gay and published by . This book was released on 1742 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Total Pages : 220 pages
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Download or read book The Beggar's Opera written by Benjamin Britten and published by . This book was released on 1949 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : John Gay
Publisher : Dramatists Play Service, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 9780822216742
Total Pages : 116 pages
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Download or read book The Beggar's Opera written by John Gay and published by Dramatists Play Service, Inc.. This book was released on 1999 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE STORY: John Gay's great comic masterpiece is generally agreed to be the first ever musical. Written in 1728, THE BEGGAR'S OPERA is a savagely funny satire on marriage, money and morals--as relevant and biting today as it was when first written.

Author : John Gay
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Total Pages : 216 pages
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Download or read book The Beggar's Opera, written by John Gay and published by . This book was released on 1760 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: