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1. Life And Letters Of John Gay, 1685-1732 (1921) by Lewis Melville | |
Paperback: 180
Pages
(2007-11-10)
list price: US$22.95 -- used & new: US$14.71 (price subject to change: see help) Asin: 0548754470 Canada | United Kingdom | Germany | France | Japan | |
2. The beggarÂs opera / by John Gay ; with an introduction by A.P. Herbert and illustrations by Mariette Lydis by John (1685-1732) Gay | |
Hardcover:
Pages
(1937)
Asin: B000P1QRSS Canada | United Kingdom | Germany | France | Japan | |
3. Fables by John Gay, in two parts; to which are added Fables by Edward Moore by John (1685-1732). Moore, Edward Gay | |
Hardcover:
Pages
(1800)
Asin: B000R2R0C2 Canada | United Kingdom | Germany | France | Japan | |
4. Life and letter of John Gay (1685-1732): Author of "The beggar's opera", by Lewis Saul Benjamin | |
Unknown Binding: 167
Pages
(1969)
Asin: B0007DOEE8 Canada | United Kingdom | Germany | France | Japan | |
5. Poems on several occasions (Complete in Two Volumes) by John (1685-1732 ) Gay | |
Hardcover:
Pages
(1745)
Asin: B000H49EOM Canada | United Kingdom | Germany | France | Japan | |
6. The poetical works of John Gay, with a memoir (Vols. I & II) by John (1685-1732) Gay | |
Hardcover:
Pages
(1866)
Asin: B000P1OW0I Canada | United Kingdom | Germany | France | Japan | |
7. Life and letters of John Gay (1685-1732): Author of "The beggar's opera" by Lewis Saul Benjamin | |
Unknown Binding: 167
Pages
(1921)
Asin: B00086A1GY Canada | United Kingdom | Germany | France | Japan | |
8. Life and letters of John Gay (1685-1732), author of "The beggar's opera" by Lewis Melville | |
Unknown Binding: 167
Pages
(1977)
Isbn: 0849203937 Canada | United Kingdom | Germany | France | Japan | |
9. Selected Poems: John Gay (Fyfield Books) by John Gay | |
Paperback: 96
Pages
(2006-07-01)
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10. John Gay: A Profession of Friendship by David Nokes | |
Hardcover: 592
Pages
(1995-04-13)
list price: US$70.00 -- used & new: US$95.00 (price subject to change: see help) Asin: 0198129718 Canada | United Kingdom | Germany | France | Japan | |
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11. Beggar's Opera by John Gay | |
Paperback: 60
Pages
(1995-05)
list price: US$7.50 -- used & new: US$7.50 (price subject to change: see help) Asin: 0887342833 Average Customer Review: Canada | United Kingdom | Germany | France | Japan | |
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All professions be rogue one another
Birth of the Modern Musical - John Gay's GeniusOverwhelms Italian Opera
A delicious romp Since Italian opera had first come to London in 1705, it had dominated theBritish stage. Replete with ornate sets, elaborate costumes, unintelligibleplots and imported sopranos and castrati, it was less art than event. Audiencesattended to share in the spectacle, as chariots swooped through the air &romantic tales unfolded on stage. Into this artificial world, Gay unleashed an opera about the scum of Londonsociety, set in taverns and thieves' dens. He tells the story of Peachum, afence with a lucrative sideline in informing on fellow criminals. His daughterPolly has secretly married MacHeath, a highwayman. Now Peachum and his "wife"fear that MacHeath will inform on them & inherit their loot when they arehanged. After berating Polly for marrying, & not having sense enough to liveout of wedlock, they decide to turn MacHeath in, before he can turn them in. AsPeachum prepares his daughter for this turn of events he tells her: "Thecomfortable estate of widowhood, is the only hope that keeps up a wife'sspirits. Where is the woman who would scruple to be a wife, if she had it inher power to be a widow whenever she pleased?" However, to the Peachum'sdisgust, Polly is actually in love with MacHeath and so, to her great surprise,are several other women, including Lucy Lockit who helps him to escape fromprison. So, the stage is set for a madcap farce. Mix in a satiric look at the corrupt administration of justice, some politicaljabs at the political master of the day, Sir Robert Walpole and songs like thefollowing: A fox may steal your hens, sirA whore your health and pence, sir,Your daughter rob your chest, sirYour wife may steal your rest, sir,A thief your goods and plate.But this is all but picking,With rest, pence, chest and chicken;It ever was decreed, sir,If lawyer's hand is fee'd, sir,He steals your whole estate. and you've got Gay's recipe for what quickly became the most popular play of the18th Century, fathering myriad imitations including Brecht's Threepenny Opera.A delicious romp. GRADE: A
Crime, Love and the Opera |
12. John Gay's the Beggar's Opera (Bloom's Modern Critical Interpretations) by Harold Bloom | |
Library Binding: 143
Pages
(1988-07)
list price: US$24.95 Isbn: 0877544190 Canada | United Kingdom | Germany | France | Japan | |
13. John Gay and the London Theatre by Calhoun Winton | |
Hardcover: 212
Pages
(1993-05)
list price: US$35.00 -- used & new: US$20.00 (price subject to change: see help) Asin: 0813118328 Canada | United Kingdom | Germany | France | Japan | |
14. John Gay and the Scriblerians (Critical Studies) by Peter Lewis, Nigel Wood | |
Hardcover: 224
Pages
(1988-11)
list price: US$39.95 Isbn: 0312024223 Canada | United Kingdom | Germany | France | Japan | |
15. Deep Play: John Gay and the Invention of Modernity by Dianne Dugaw | |
Hardcover: 322
Pages
(2001-01)
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16. John Gay's 'The Beggar s Opera' 1728-2004: Adaptations and Re-Writings (Internationale Forschungen zur Allgemeinen und Vergleichenden Literaturwissenschaft ... Und Vergleichenden Literaturwissenschaft) | |
Hardcover: 347
Pages
(2006-10-31)
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17. Walking the Streets of Eighteenth-Century London: John Gay's Trivia | |
Hardcover: 272
Pages
(2007-09-06)
list price: US$100.00 -- used & new: US$77.04 (price subject to change: see help) Asin: 0199280495 Canada | United Kingdom | Germany | France | Japan | |
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18. Beggars Opera (Contexts Series No 1) by J. V. Guerinot | |
Hardcover: 187
Pages
(1976-06)
list price: US$25.00 -- used & new: US$36.99 (price subject to change: see help) Asin: 0208014888 Canada | United Kingdom | Germany | France | Japan | |
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