John Gay's The Beggar's Opera, 1728-2004 : adaptations and re-writings /

Table of Contents: “…From Gay to Brecht and beyond : imitation and re-writing of The beggar's opera -- 1728 to 2004 /…”
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John Gay and the London Theatre / by Winton, Calhoun

Table of Contents: “…The Beggar and His Opera; 7. The Beggar's Opera in Theatre History; 8. The Opera as Work of Art; 9. …”
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(By permission.) At the theatre in Baltimore, on Friday evening, the 24th of January, 1783, will be presented, The beggars opera. ... To which will be added, a farce, called Miss in her teens ; or, The medley of lovers. ...

Subjects: “…Gay, John, 1685-1732. Beggar's opera.…”
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The Embodiment of Characters : the Representation of Physical Experience on Stage and in Print, 1728-1749 / by DeRitter, Jones

Table of Contents: “…Life Among the "Otamys": Gender and Demography in The Beggar's Opera --…”
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Facets of the Enlightenment studies in English literature and its contexts. by Bronson, Bertrand Harris, 1902-1986

Table of Contents: “…-- The true proportions of Gay's Acis and Galatea -- The beggar's opera -- Some aspects of music and literature -- Personification reconsidered -- On a special decorum in Gray's elegy -- The pre-Romantic or post-Augustan mode -- A sense of the past: the Percy correspondence -- Thomas Chatterton -- Samuel Johnson and James Boswell -- Johnson's Shakespeare -- Walking Stewart -- Strange relations: the author and his audience -- Printing as an index of taste.…”
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Eighteenth-century Brechtians : theatrical satire in the age of Walpole / by Schechter, Joel, 1947-

Documenting eighteenth century satire : Pope, Swift, Gay, and Arbuthnot in historical context / by Rogers, Pat, 1938-

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A manner of correspondence : a study of the Scriblerus Club / by Brückmann, Patricia Carr, 1932-

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Shakespeare and the Eighteenth Century / by Caines, Michael

Table of Contents: “…3: Macklin's Shylock, Shakespeare's StatueBefore 1741; From The Beggar's Opera to the Licensing Act; Shakespeare in Poets' Corner; 'Very laudable'; 4: Garrick; The Seven Ages of Garrick; Commentary and alteration; The Garrick myth; 5: Johnson's Plays, Garrick's Jubilee; The Jubilee: an uncritical interlude; Johnson and Shakespeare; 6: As Shakespeare Says; 7: Shakespeare Abroad; France et al.; Germany and America; 8: Unreal 'Shakspeare'; The texts after the Tonsons; The Ireland forgeries; 9: Shakespeare for Some Time.…”
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