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The Beggar's Opera

Door John Gay

Categorie
Engels
Boeknummer
#423742-YC4
Titel
The Beggar's Opera
Auteur
Gay, John
Boektype
Paperback
Uitgeverij
London : Penguin Classics
Jaar van uitgave
1987
ISBN10
0140432205
ISBN13
9780140432206
Taal
Engels
Beschrijving
Paperback, 8vo.
Samenvatting
'Whore and rogue they call husband and wife: All professions be-rogue one another' 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. Bryan Loughrey and T. O. Treadwell's in... (Lees verder)troduction examines the eighteenth-century background of musical theatre and opera, the changing cityscape of London and the corruption of the legal system. This edition also includes a note on the music in The Beggar's Opera and suggestions for further reading. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.
Pagina's
132
Conditie
Goed — Top right corner title page cut.
Prijs
€ 6,00

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