Beggar's opera / by Gay, John, 1685-1732

Mr. Gay's London : with extracts from the proceedings at the Sessions of the Peace, and Oyer and Terminer for the city of London and county of Middlesex in the years 1732 and 1733... by Herbert, A. P. Sir, 1890-1971

Subjects: “…Gay, John, 1685-1732. Beggar's opera.…”

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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The beggar's 'children' : how John Gay changed the course of England's musical theatre / by Atkins, Madeline Smith, 1932-

Subjects: “…Gay, John, 1685-1732. Beggar's opera.…”
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John Gay and the London theatre / by Winton, Calhoun

Subjects: “…Gay, John, 1685-1732. Beggar's opera.…”

"The stage's glory" : John Rich, 1692-1761 /

Table of Contents: “…Good for the Garden : the composition of Handel's Ariodante / Donald Burrows -- "Heathen gods and heroes" : singers and John Rich's pantomimes at Lincoln's Inn Fields / Olive Baldwin and Thelma Wilson -- The Beggar's opera in London's theatres, 1728-1761 / Jeremy Barlow -- Beyond The Beggar's opera : John Rich and English ballad opera, 1728-1736 / Berta Joncus and Vanessa L. …”

Theatre and governance in Britain, 1500-1900 : democracy, disorder and the state / by Fisher, Tony, 1964-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: the discourses of theatre and governance -- Origins of the discourse on theatre -- The theatre of the multitude -- Revolts of conduct on the Restoration stage -- Theatre and its publics -- Theatrocracy and the public sphere -- The beggar's opera and the criminal picturesque -- The deontic stage in the eighteenth century: George Lillo's The London merchant -- Theatre in the age of reform -- The governmentalisation of the stage -- The theatre dispositif of the late nineteenth century.…”
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Restoration drama and the idea of literature / by Mannheimer, Katherine

Table of Contents: “…"Take This Sad Ballad, Which I Bought at Fair": Pastoral Performance and Print Capitalism in John Gay's The What D'Ye Call It and The Beggar's Opera -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index…”
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Eighteenth-century Brechtians : theatrical satire in the age of Walpole / by Schechter, Joel, 1947-

The threepenny opera / by Brecht, Bertolt, 1898-1956

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