LEADER 02814nam 2200589 450 001 9910820938903321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-8131-8533-5 010 $a0-8131-5936-9 035 $a(CKB)3710000000334061 035 $a(EBL)1915213 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001434415 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11765215 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001434415 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11426358 035 $a(PQKB)10585845 035 $a(OCoLC)900344592 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse44091 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1915213 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11007411 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL691042 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1915213 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000334061 100 $a20150128h19931993 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aJohn Gay and the London theatre /$fCalhoun Winton 210 1$aLexington, Kentucky :$cThe University Press of Kentucky,$d1993. 210 4$dİ1993 215 $a1 online resource (232 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-322-59760-X 311 $a0-8131-1832-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCover; 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 330 $a 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 606 $aTheater$zEngland$zLondon$xHistory$y18th century 606 $aBrigands and robbers in literature 615 0$aTheater$xHistory 615 0$aBrigands and robbers in literature. 676 $a822/.5 700 $aWinton$b Calhoun$0677950 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910820938903321 996 $aJohn Gay and the London theatre$94076124 997 $aUNINA