Author : John Gay
Publisher : CreateSpace
ISBN 13 : 9781463545673
Total Pages : 68 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (456 download)
Book Synopsis The Beggar's Opera by : John Gay
Download or read book The Beggar's Opera written by John Gay and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2011-05-20 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 "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.