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The Beggar's Opera
by Gay, John
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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London, Greater London, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: William Heinemann 1921. Large 8vo. Limited edition signed by the set and costume designer Claud Lovat Fraser; number 37 of 430. Xiv, 93 pp. Gilt decorated black cloth boards, with some slight rubbing to guilding of front board. Slight marking to boards and minor wear at corners and spine ends. Binding firm. Internally clean and bright, with very minor darkening to endpapers and fore-edge. Printed on handmade paper and illustrated with Claud Lovat Fraser's line drawings and coloured plates. Commemorates Nigel Playfair's revival of the The Beggar's Opera, which ran between 1920-23 at the Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith for a then record-breaking 1,460 nights. This production had innovative set and costumes designed by English artist Claud Lovat Fraser and music arranged by Frederic Austin. 26.5 x 20.5 cm. . Very Good. Gilt-decorated Boards. Signed Limited Edition. 1921.
Synopsis
‘Whore and rogue they call husband and wife: All professions be-rogue one another' The tale of Peachum, thief-taker and informer, conspiring to send the dashing and promiscuous highwayman Macheath to the gallows, became the theatrical sensation of the eighteenth century. In The Beggar’s Opera , John Gay turned conventions of Italian opera riotously upside-down, instead using traditional popular ballads and street tunes, while also indulging in political satire at the expense of the Prime Minister, Sir Robert Walpole. Gay’s highly original depiction of the thieves, informers, prostitutes and highwaymen thronging the slums and prisons of the corrupt London underworld proved brilliantly successful in exposing the dark side of a corrupt and jaded society. Bryan Loughrey and T. O. Treadwell’s introduction examines the eighteenth-century background of musical theatre and opera, the changing cityscape of London and the corruption of the legal system. This edition also includes a note on the music in The Beggar’s Opera and suggestions for further reading.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Foster Books - Stephen Foster, ABA, ILAB, PBFA
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 68887
- Title
- The Beggar's Opera
- Author
- Gay, John
- Format/Binding
- Gilt-decorated Boards
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Signed Limited Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- William Heinemann 1921
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1921
- Size
- Large 8vo.
- Keywords
- Lyric Theatre ,Beggars Opera , Nigel Playfair ,Ballad opera , Augustan , drama,,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Illustrated; Performing Arts - Theatre / Dance;
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Foster Books - Stephen Foster, ABA, ILAB, PBFA
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About Foster Books - Stephen Foster, ABA, ILAB, PBFA
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- Spine
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- Rubbing
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