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The beggar's opera

By John Gay

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A receiver of stolen goods informs on his chief supplier, setting in motion an increasingly absurd turn of events that climaxes in a parody of 18th-century England’s passion for sentimental tragedy. In addition to its burlesque of the then-current vogue for Italian operatic styles, this satiriContinue

A receiver of stolen goods informs on his chief supplier, setting in motion an increasingly absurd turn of events that climaxes in a parody of 18th-century England’s passion for sentimental tragedy. 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, depicting crime and vice at every level of society. Influential prototype for Threepenny Opera.

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  • English Books
  • Others 143 Pages
  • ISBN-10: 0050027174
  • ISBN-13: 9780050027172
  • Publisher: Oliver & Boyd
  • Pub date: Jan 01, 1973
  • Also available as: Paperback, Hardcover, Softcover and eBook
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