Beggar''s Opera

Informationen zum Autor John Gay (1685-1732) was a poet and dramatist and member of the Scriblerus Club. He is best remembered for The Beggar's Opera (1728), his ballad-opera set in London's criminal underworld while satirising contemporary politics and politicians. Klappentext Often called the first ever musical Zusammenfassung John Gay's bawdy and burlesque pastiche of classical Italian opera, often regarded as the world's first ever musical.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: John Gay
• Mitarbeit: Colin Counsell (Herausgeber)
• Verlag: Hern, Nick Books
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 01.06.2006
• EAN: 9781854599148
• ISBN: 978-1-85459-914-8
• Seiten: 128
• Serien: Nick Hern Books Drama Classics; DRAMA CLASSICS
• Themen: Belletristik > Lyrik, Dramatik; Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaft > Allgemeine und Vergleichende Literaturwissenschaft; DRAMA / General, Plays, Playscripts, Plays, playscripts, drama