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Study Guide to The Beggar’s Opera by John Gay

Author : Intelligent Education
Publisher : Influence Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1645422712
Total Pages : 127 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (454 download)

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Download or read book Study Guide to The Beggar’s Opera by John Gay written by Intelligent Education and published by Influence Publishers. This book was released on 2020-02-15 with total page 127 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive study guide offering in-depth explanation, essay, and test prep for John Gay’s The Beggar’s Opera, without a doubt the most popular drama written during the hundred years between 1700 and 1800. As a comedy of the Restoration period of British drama, the humor in The Beggar’s Opera serves as a medium for carrying the author's meaning - social satire - which is applicable in all countries at all times. Moreover, the basis of the play's success rests on three factors: its artistic merit; its originality (this is in part measured by the number of later dramas which clearly display the influence of its innovations); and its pervasive humor. This Bright Notes Study Guide explores the context and history of Gay’s classic work, helping students to thoroughly explore the reasons it has stood the literary test of time. Each Bright Notes Study Guide contains: - Introductions to the Author and the Work - Character Summaries - Plot Guides - Section and Chapter Overviews - Test Essay and Study Q&As The Bright Notes Study Guide series offers an in-depth tour of more than 275 classic works of literature, exploring characters, critical commentary, historical background, plots, and themes. This set of study guides encourages readers to dig deeper in their understanding by including essay questions and answers as well as topics for further research.

The Beggar's Opera and Polly

Author : John Gay
Publisher : OUP Oxford
ISBN 13 : 0191645761
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (916 download)

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Download or read book The Beggar's Opera and Polly written by John Gay and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2013-05-09 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Gamesters and Highwaymen are generally very good to their Whores, but they are very Devils to their Wives.' With The Beggar's Opera (1728), John Gay created one of the most enduringly popular works in English theatre history, and invented a new dramatic form, the ballad opera. Gay's daring mixture of caustic political satire, well-loved popular tunes, and a story of crime and betrayal set in the urban underworld of prostitutes and thieves was an overnight sensation. Captain Macheath and Polly Peachum have become famous well beyond the confines of Gay's original play, and in its sequel, Polly, banned in Gay's lifetime, their adventures continue in the West Indies. With a cross-dressing heroine and a cast of female adventurers, pirates, Indian princes, rebel slaves, and rapacious landowners, Polly lays bare a culture in which all human relationships are reduced to commercial transactions. Raucous, lyrical, witty, ironic and tragic by turns, The Beggar's Opera and Polly - published together here for the first time - offer a scathing and ebullient portrait of a society in which statesmen and outlaws, colonialists and pirates, are impossible to tell apart. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.

The Beggar's Opera

Author : John Gay
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 172 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (321 download)

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Download or read book The Beggar's Opera written by John Gay and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Beggar's Opera

Author : John Gay
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 90 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (19 download)

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Download or read book The Beggar's Opera written by John Gay and published by . This book was released on 1758 with total page 90 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Beggar's Opera

Author : John Gay
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 134 pages
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Download or read book The Beggar's Opera written by John Gay and published by . This book was released on 1761 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Beggar's Opera and Polly

Author : John Gay
Publisher : OUP Oxford
ISBN 13 : 0191645761
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (916 download)

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John Gay's The Beggar's Opera

Author : Harold Bloom
Publisher : Chelsea House
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book John Gay's The Beggar's Opera written by Harold Bloom and published by Chelsea House. This book was released on 1988 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

A Student's Guide to A2 Drama and Theatre Studies for the Edexcel Specification

Author : Nigel Williams
Publisher : Rhinegold Publishing Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1904226485
Total Pages : 162 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (42 download)

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Download or read book A Student's Guide to A2 Drama and Theatre Studies for the Edexcel Specification written by Nigel Williams and published by Rhinegold Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2004-12 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Beggar’s ‘Children’

Author : Madeline Smith Atkins
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1443802786
Total Pages : 149 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (438 download)

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Download or read book The Beggar’s ‘Children’ written by Madeline Smith Atkins and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2008-12-18 with total page 149 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A harsh satire of Eighteenth Century London life, John Gay’s The Beggar’s Opera is a piece well known by students of literature and music. Gay's composition spawned a new genre of musical works called "ballad opera" whose popularity rapidly caused the decline of Italian opera in London. These well-received ballad operas dominated London's musical theatre from 1728 until the middle of the Eighteenth Century. No other author has looked beyond The Beggar's Opera to analyze the plots of any of these imitative works and their music. The book concentrates on these ‘children’, or descendants. The author describes a number of ballad operas which proliferated on the heels of the success of The Beggar's Opera. Ballad opera gradually matured into a pastoral, bucolic form (comic opera) and eventually into a highly sophisticated type of musical work (burletta). Several samples of each type of work chosen from the performances most frequently given in London are discussed in depth. These analyses include musical examples from the original scores and evaluations of the dramatic and musical aspects of each work. With the exception of The Beggar's Opera, none of these works or similar ones has previously been the subject of detailed analysis and evaluation. “How John Gay Changed the Course of England’s Musical Theatre” sheds fresh light on the less familiar ballad operas of the Eighteenth Century. Gay’s The Beggar’s Opera created such a demand for musical satire that original music began to be composed for English comic works. …Edmund Miller, Chairman of the English Department, C. W. Post Campus of Long Island University This is an engaging and unique look at a piece of operatic history out of the mainstream. It invites the reader to explore works that he may not know, along with the milieu in which these musical gems became popular. …Kathryn Smith, General Director, Tacoma Opera Dr. Atkins provides an insightful study of Eighteenth Century ballad opera ranging from John Gay’s The Beggar’s Opera with its political satire and burlesque of Italian opera to the comic operas and burlettas which rounded out the century. This highly readable exposition includes examples of the tuneful airs, and explains the plots of the most popular works of the period. It will delight both musical and literary scholars. …Patricia Azar, Associate Editor, Collected Works of G. K. Chesterton Madeline Atkins has given us a thorough and intelligent study of Eighteenth Century popular English musical theater, and the seminal role of The Beggar’s Opera in its development. With the inclusion of numerous musical examples, abundant historical details, and deft, clear analyses, this book is an excellent introduction to a delightful musical genre and period. Atkins successfully accomplishes both of her aims: she informs us about an overlooked yet important era of musical history and she convinces us to want to hear it again for ourselves, and she does it artfully and skillfully. …Barry Sherman, Associate Professor of Communications, St. John’s University

John Gay

Author : Peter Elfed Lewis
Publisher : Hodder Education
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 72 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book John Gay written by Peter Elfed Lewis and published by Hodder Education. This book was released on 1976 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Beggar's Opera

Author : John Gay
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (187 download)

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Download or read book The Beggar's Opera written by John Gay and published by . This book was released on 1899 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Beggar's Opera

Author : John Gay
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 236 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Beggar's Opera written by John Gay and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Den fuldstændige libretto og musikken til alle sangene (for klaver med underlagte tekster), arrangeret af J.C. Pepusch

Trivia

Author : John Gay
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 118 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (19 download)

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Download or read book Trivia written by John Gay and published by . This book was released on 1716 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Beggar's Opera (1760)

Author : John Gay
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781104549626
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (496 download)

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Download or read book The Beggar's Opera (1760) written by John Gay and published by . This book was released on 2009-05 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.

John Gay's The Beggar's Opera, 1728-2004

Author : Uwe Böker
Publisher : Rodopi
ISBN 13 : 9042021136
Total Pages : 349 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (42 download)

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Download or read book John Gay's The Beggar's Opera, 1728-2004 written by Uwe Böker and published by Rodopi. This book was released on 2006 with total page 349 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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's play has been a starting-point for dramatists such as V. Havel (Zebrácká opera, 1975), W. Soyinka (Opera Wonyosi, 1977), Ch. Buarque (Ópera do Malandro, 1978), D. Fo (L'opera dello sghignazzo, 1981), A. Ayckbourn (A Chorus of Disapproval, 1984), as well as others such as Latouche, Hacks, Fassbinder, Dear, Wasserman, and Lepage. Apart from contributions by international scholars analysing the above-named plays, the editors' introduction covers other dramatists that have payed hommage to Gay. This interdisciplinary collection of essays is of particular interest for scholars working in the field of drama/theatre studies, the eighteenth century, contemporary drama, postcolonial studies, and politics and the stage.

Kurt Weill: The Threepenny Opera

Author : Stephen Hinton
Publisher : CUP Archive
ISBN 13 : 9780521338882
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (388 download)

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Download or read book Kurt Weill: The Threepenny Opera written by Stephen Hinton and published by CUP Archive. This book was released on 1990-07-26 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a book on the best known of the Weill-Brecht collaborations which explores the extent and significance of the composer's contribution. After a detailed reconstruction of the work's genesis and continued revision over three decades, Stephen Hinton examines the spin-offs on which Weill and Brecht participated: the instrumental suite, the film, the lawsuit, the novel, and the musical and textual revisions of songs. In a survey of the stage history, Hinton pays particular attention to pioneering productions in Germany and Great Britain. Kim Kowalke provides an exhaustive account of the history of The Threepenny Opera in America, Geoffrey Abbott addresses questions concerning authentic performance practice, and David Drew analyses large-scale motivic relationships in the music. Among the earliest writings on the work reprinted here, those by Theodor W. Adorno, Ernst Bloch and Walter Benjamin appear for the first time in English translation. The book contains numerous illustrations, a discography, and music examples.

Study Guide to Moll Flanders by Daniel Defoe

Author : Intelligent Education
Publisher : Influence Publishers
ISBN 13 : 164542071X
Total Pages : 153 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (454 download)

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Download or read book Study Guide to Moll Flanders by Daniel Defoe written by Intelligent Education and published by Influence Publishers. This book was released on 2020-02-15 with total page 153 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive study guide offering in-depth explanation, essay, and test prep for Daniel Defoe’s Moll Flanders, an autobiographical novel of a scandalous, thieving woman. As a novel set in the early 1600s, Moll suffers a life of misfortune after her mother is sentenced to death, and her first husband dies. Moreover, she makes a way for herself and her children through lies and deceit as Defoe portrays an unconventional life in the 1600s for an unusual woman.This Bright Notes Study Guide explores the context and history of Defoe’s classic work, helping students to thoroughly explore the reasons it has stood the literary test of time. Each Bright Notes Study Guide contains: - Introductions to the Author and the Work - Character Summaries - Plot Guides - Section and Chapter Overviews - Test Essay and Study Q&As The Bright Notes Study Guide series offers an in-depth tour of more than 275 classic works of literature, exploring characters, critical commentary, historical background, plots, and themes. This set of study guides encourages readers to dig deeper in their understanding by including essay questions and answers as well as topics for further research.