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" John Gay's The Beggar's Opera, 1728-2004 : "
edited by Uwe Böker, Ines Detmers and Anna-Christina Giovanopoulos.
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BL
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1012425
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b766795
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| Title & Author
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John Gay's The Beggar's Opera, 1728-2004 : : adaptations and re-writings /\ edited by Uwe Böker, Ines Detmers and Anna-Christina Giovanopoulos.
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Amsterdam ;New York, NY :: Rodopi,, 2006.
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Internationale Forschungen zur allgemeinen und vergleichenden Literaturwissenschaft,; 105
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1 online resource (347 pages)
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1429481366
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: 9042021136
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: 9781429481366
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: 9789042021136
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Includes bibliographical references.
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| Abstract
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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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Gay, John,1685-1732
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Gay, John,1685-1732-- Influence.
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Gay, John,1685-1732., Beggar's opera.
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Gay, John,1685-1732
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English drama-- 18th century.
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DRAMA-- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
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English drama.
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Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
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Beggar's opera (Gay, John)
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822/.509
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PR3474.J646 2006eb
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Böker, Uwe.
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Detmers, Ines.
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Giovanopoulos, Anna-Christina.
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