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The Beggar's Opera

by Gay, John. With an Introduction by Oswald Doughty

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London.: Daniel O'Connor., 1922. LIMITED EDITION of 950 copies sold. . Hard with Dust Jacket. Very good in like dust jacket. 4to. 11 1/4".. Illustrated with 28 plates in collotype and a facsimile title of the first edition.. Very good in like dust jacket. Dust jacket a touch nicked to edges. Foxed to outermost leaves and page edges. Uncut pages.

Synopsis

‘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 introduction 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.

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Bookseller
Ryan OHorne Books GB (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #
028217
Title
The Beggar's Opera
Author
Gay, John. With an Introduction by Oswald Doughty
Illustrator
Illustrated with 28 plates in collotype and a facsimile title of the first edition.
Format/Binding
Hard with Dust Jacket
Book Condition
Used - Very good in like dust jacket
Quantity Available
1
Edition
LIMITED EDITION of 950 copies sold.
Publisher
Daniel O'Connor.
Place of Publication
London.
Date Published
1922
Size
4to. 11 1/4".
Bookseller catalogs
Music;

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Foxed
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