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Author
Gay, John, 1685-1732.
Title
The beggar's opera / John Gay ; edited by Bryan Loughrey and T.O. Treadwell
Published
Harmondsworth, Middlesex, England ; New York, N.Y., U.S.A. : Penguin Books, 1986
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820.5 G2853 A6/B/L
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Description
122 pages ; 20 cm
regular print
Series
Penguin classics
Penguin classics.
Summary
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
Analysis
Drama in English, 1702-1745 - Texts
Notes
Bibliography: p.33-34
Bibliography
Bibliography: pages [33]-34
Subject
Brigands and robbers -- England -- Drama.
Genre/Form
Drama.
Author
Loughrey, Bryan.
Treadwell, T. O.
LC no.
87169401
ISBN
0140432205 (paperback)
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