The beggar's opera / John Gay ; edited by Vivien Jones and David Lindley.
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.
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| Language: | English |
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London :
Methuen Drama,
2010.
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| Series: | New mermaids.
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