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The Beggar's Opera and Polly

About The Beggar's Opera and Polly

With The Beggar's Opera (1728), Gay invented the ballad opera. It is here published for the first time with its sequel, Polly, in which Macheath and Polly Peachum are transplanted to the West Indies. Together the plays offer a scathing and ebullient portrait of a society in which statesmen and outlaws are impossible to tell apart.

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  • Language:
  • English
  • ISBN:
  • 9780199642229
  • Binding:
  • Paperback
  • Pages:
  • 256
  • Published:
  • May 8, 2013
  • Dimensions:
  • 141x193x12 mm.
  • Weight:
  • 182 g.
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Expected delivery: December 5, 2024

Description of The Beggar's Opera and Polly

With The Beggar's Opera (1728), Gay invented the ballad opera. It is here published for the first time with its sequel, Polly, in which Macheath and Polly Peachum are transplanted to the West Indies. Together the plays offer a scathing and ebullient portrait of a society in which statesmen and outlaws are impossible to tell apart.

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