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The Beggar's Opera (Penguin Classics) (Paperback)
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all these other countries) Usually dispatched within 48 hours | |Short Description for The Beggar's OperaA depiction of the thieves, informers, prostitutes and highwaymen thronging the slums and prisons of the corrupt London underworld that exposes the dark side of a corrupt and jaded society.
Full description- Publisher: PENGUIN CLASSICS
- Published: 06 January 1987
- Format: Paperback 128 pages
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- Categories: Plays, Playscripts | Contemporary Fiction
- ISBN 13: 9780140432206 ISBN 10: 0140432205
- Sales rank: 139,868
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Full description for The Beggar's Opera
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 "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.
