The Beggar's Opera

John Gay, Bryan Loughrey, Bryan Loughrey , T.O. Treadwell

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Penguin Classics
28 August 1986

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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.

By: John Gay
Introduction by: Bryan Loughrey, T.O. Treadwell
Edited by: Bryan Loughrey
Imprint: Penguin Classics
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 197mm, Width: 129mm, Spine: 8mm
Weight: 102g
ISBN: 9780140432206
ISBN 10: 0140432205
Pages: 128
Publication Date: 28 August 1986
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Born in 1685, John Gay's first major success was THE SHEPHERD'S WEEK. It was followed by a number of other works, the most enduring of which is THE BEGGAR'S OPERA. Gay died in 1732, and is remembered as a popular and genial man whose self-penned epitaph reads 'Life is a jest, and all things show it, I thought it once, and now I know it'.

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The Beggar's Opera

John Gay, Bryan Loughrey, Bryan Loughrey , T.O. Treadwell

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