Beggar's opera and polly, the
Auteur :
Gay, John
Éditeur :
Oxford University Press
ISBN :
9780199642229
Date de publication :
9 mai 2013
Dimensions :
19,6 x 13,0 x 1,2 cm
Poids :
182 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
With The Beggar's Opera (1728), Gay invented the ballad opera. It is here published for the first time with its sequel, Polly, in which Macheath and Polly Peachum are transplanted to the West Indies. Together the plays offer a scathing and ebullient portrait of a society in which statesmen and outlaws are impossible to tell apart.