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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MELB	820.5 G2853 A6/B/L		AVAILABLE

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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