John Gay Polly - Opera

Contents:

• POLLY PEACHUM, A ‘MOL OF VIRTUE’? QUTNS OF MORALY JOHN GAY'S POLLYPOLLY PEACHUM, A ‘MOL OF VIRTUE’? QUTNS OF MORALY JOHN GAY'S POLLYPOLLY PEACHUM, A ‘MOL OF VIRTUE’? QUTNS OF MORALY JOHN GAY'S POLLYPOLLY PEACHUM, A ‘MOL OF VIRTUE’? QUTNS OF MORALY JOHN GAY'S POLLYPOLLY PEACHUM, A ‘MOL OF VIRTUE’? QUTNS OF MORALY JOHN GAY'S POLLY

POLLY PEACHUM, A ‘MOL OF VIRTUE’? QUTNS OF MORALY JOHN GAY'S POLLYPOLLY PEACHUM, A ‘MOL OF VIRTUE’? QUTNS OF MORALY JOHN GAY'S POLLYPOLLY PEACHUM, A ‘MOL OF VIRTUE’? QUTNS OF MORALY JOHN GAY'S POLLYPOLLY PEACHUM, A ‘MOL OF VIRTUE’? QUTNS OF MORALY JOHN GAY'S POLLYPOLLY PEACHUM, A ‘MOL OF VIRTUE’? QUTNS OF MORALY JOHN GAY'S POLLY

Learn about this topic the articl:discsed bgraphy In John GayThe productn of s sequel, Polly, was forbidn by the lord chamberla (doubtls on Walpole’s stctns); but the ban was an excellent advertisement for the piece, and subscriptns for pi of the prted edn ma more than £1, 000 prof for the thor.

John Gay Eded by Hal Gladfelr. The only edn to be The Beggar's Opera wh s sequel, Polly, allowg to see the full spe of Gay's theatril and moral visn.

Introductn nsirs Gay's e of crimal and rogue lerature, the polil ntext of the plays, Gay's attu to slavery and piracy, his treatment of genr, and the plays' formal theatril novatns. Text clost of any current edn to the plays as seen through the prs by Gay himself, retag exprsive featur that nvey the rhythms and pace of their first performanc.

Appendix on the sourc of the tun Gay ed for the 69 airs of The Beggar's Opera and the 71 of Polly, highlightg many s where the songs' origal words, faiar to ntemporary dienc, give a bawdy or ironic double meang to Gay's lyrics. Explanatory Not expla crimal and unrworld slang and the topil allns that gave Gay's satire s edge.

Poet and playwright John Gay was born Devon to an aristocratic though impoverished fay.