John Gay's The Beggar's Opera, 1728-2004 : adaptations and re-writings /
When Richard Steele remarked that "the greatest Evils in human Society are such as no Law can come at", he was not able to forsee the spectacular success of John Gay's satire of society, the administration of law and crime, politics, the Italian opera and other topics. Gay's The...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | German English Portuguese |
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Amsterdam ; New York, NY :
Rodopi,
2006
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| Series: | Internationale Forschungen zur allgemeinen und vergleichenden Literaturwissenschaft ;
105. |
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| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
| Summary: | When Richard Steele remarked that "the greatest Evils in human Society are such as no Law can come at", he was not able to forsee the spectacular success of John Gay's satire of society, the administration of law and crime, politics, the Italian opera and other topics. Gay's The Beggar's Opera, with its mixture of witty dialogue and popular songs, was imitated by 18th century writers, criticized by those on the seats of power, but remained a favourite of the English theatre public ever since. With N. Playfair's 1920 revival and B. Brecht's and K. Weill's 1928 Dreigroschenoper, Gay' |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (347 pages) |
| Format: | Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 9042021136 9789042021136 9781429481366 1429481366 |
| ISSN: | 0929-6999 ; |
| Language: | Texts in German (7) or English (5), with some quoted passages in Portuguese also translated into German. |
| Reproduction Note: | Electronic reproduction. |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |
| Action Note: | digitized |
