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The Beggar's Opera

by John Gay

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Format Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10 0140432205
ISBN-13 9780140432206
Publisher Penguin Books Ltd
Imprint Penguin Classics
Country of Manufacture GB
Country of Publication GB
Publication Date Aug 28th, 1986
Print length 128 Pages
Weight 104 grams
Dimensions 19.60 x 12.90 x 0.80 cms
Product Classification: Plays, playscripts
Ksh 1,600.00 Werezi Extended Catalogue

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A 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.

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.

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