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Beggar's Opera, The (Turner/Gay)

John Gay, David Turner, Roy Darby

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Full Length Musical, Dramatic Comedy

20m, 12f

ISBN: 9780573080531

Adapted by David Turner from John Gay's play
New arrangements of traditional airs by Roy Darby
John Gay's famous "opera of the people" has been adapted for modern use. All the essential ingredients of the story are there-- Macheath's love of women and Polly's and Lucy's fight over him; Peachum's selling of Macheath to the law; Macheath's escape and re-capture and his eventual pardon so a happ…
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Full Length Musical

Dramatic Comedy

John Gay's famous "opera of the people" has been adapted for modern use. All the essential ingredients of the story are there-- Macheath's love of women and Polly's and Lucy's fight over him; Peachum's selling of Macheath to the law; Macheath's escape and re-capture and his eventual pardon so a happy ending can be achieved. The settings are simple without complicated set changes.
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20m, 12f

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