John Gay and the London theatre / Calhoun Winton.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Winton, Calhoun, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Theater--England--London--History--18th century.

Theater.

Brigands and robbers in literature.

Gay, John, 1685-1732. Beggar's opera.

Gay, John.

Gay, John, 1685-1732--Stage history--England--London.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (232 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Lexington, Kentucky : The University Press of Kentucky, 1993.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Beggar's Opera, often referred to today as the first musical comedy, was the most popular dramatic piece of the eighteenth century -- and is the work that John Gay (1685-1732) is best remembered for having written. That association of popular music and satiric lyrics has proved to be continuingly attractive, and variations on the Opera have flourished in this century: by Kurt Weill and Bertolt Brecht, by Duke Ellington, and most recently by Vaclav Havel. The original opera itself is played all over the world in amateur and professional productions.But John Gay's place in all this has not

Contents:

Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Apprenticeship-A Prelude; 2. The Mohocks; 3. Chaucer in Augustan England; 4. Words and Music; 5. False Starts; 6. The Beggar and His Opera; 7. The Beggar's Opera in Theatre History; 8. The Opera as Work of Art; 9. Polly and the Censors; 10. Last Plays; Epilogue; Appendix A: ""Were the Mohocks Ever Anything More than a Hairstyle?""; Appendix B: Gay's Payment for the Opera; Reference Abbreviations; Notes; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780813185330

0813185335

9780813159362

0813159369

OCLC:

900344592