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The Beggar's Opera
The Beggar's Opera
Author: John Gay
A receiver of stolen goods informs on his chief supplier, setting in motion an increasingly absurd turn of events that climaxes in a parody of 18th-century England’s passion for sentimental tragedy. In addition to its burlesque of the then-current vogue for Italian operatic styles, this satirical 1728 play ridicules a broad spectrum of pol...  more »
ISBN-13: 9781588277787
ISBN-10: 158827778X
Publication Date: 2/2002
Pages: 116
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Publisher: IndyPublish.com
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
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