John Gay And The London Theatre
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John Gay And The London Theatre
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Author : Calhoun Winton
language : en
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Release Date : 2021-10-21
John Gay And The London Theatre written by Calhoun Winton and has been published by University Press of Kentucky this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-10-21 with Drama categories.
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 been well defined. His Opera is often regarded as some sort of chance event. In John Gay and the London Theatre, the first book-length study of John Gay as dramatic author, Calhoun Winton recognized the Opera as part of an entirely self-conscious career in the theatre, a career that Gay pursued from his earliest days as a writer in London and continued to follow to his death. Winton emphasizes Gay's knowledge of and affection for music, acquired, he argues, by way of his association with Handel. Although concentrating on Gay and his theatrical career, Winton also limns a vivid portrait of London itself and of the London stage of Gay's time, a period of considerable turbulence both within and outside the theatre. Gay's plays reflect in varying ways and degrees that social, political, and cultural turmoil. Winton's study sheds new light not only on Gay and the theatre, but also on the politics and culture of his era.
The Beggar S Opera
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Author : John Gay
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1782
The Beggar S Opera written by John Gay and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1782 with Ballad operas categories.
The Beggar S Children
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Author : Madeline Smith Atkins
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Release Date : 2008-12-18
The Beggar S Children written by Madeline Smith Atkins and has been published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-12-18 with Music categories.
A harsh satire of Eighteenth Century London life, John Gay’s The Beggar’s Opera is a piece well known by students of literature and music. Gay's composition spawned a new genre of musical works called "ballad opera" whose popularity rapidly caused the decline of Italian opera in London. These well-received ballad operas dominated London's musical theatre from 1728 until the middle of the Eighteenth Century. No other author has looked beyond The Beggar's Opera to analyze the plots of any of these imitative works and their music. The book concentrates on these ‘children’, or descendants. The author describes a number of ballad operas which proliferated on the heels of the success of The Beggar's Opera. Ballad opera gradually matured into a pastoral, bucolic form (comic opera) and eventually into a highly sophisticated type of musical work (burletta). Several samples of each type of work chosen from the performances most frequently given in London are discussed in depth. These analyses include musical examples from the original scores and evaluations of the dramatic and musical aspects of each work. With the exception of The Beggar's Opera, none of these works or similar ones has previously been the subject of detailed analysis and evaluation. “How John Gay Changed the Course of England’s Musical Theatre” sheds fresh light on the less familiar ballad operas of the Eighteenth Century. Gay’s The Beggar’s Opera created such a demand for musical satire that original music began to be composed for English comic works. …Edmund Miller, Chairman of the English Department, C. W. Post Campus of Long Island University This is an engaging and unique look at a piece of operatic history out of the mainstream. It invites the reader to explore works that he may not know, along with the milieu in which these musical gems became popular. …Kathryn Smith, General Director, Tacoma Opera Dr. Atkins provides an insightful study of Eighteenth Century ballad opera ranging from John Gay’s The Beggar’s Opera with its political satire and burlesque of Italian opera to the comic operas and burlettas which rounded out the century. This highly readable exposition includes examples of the tuneful airs, and explains the plots of the most popular works of the period. It will delight both musical and literary scholars. …Patricia Azar, Associate Editor, Collected Works of G. K. Chesterton Madeline Atkins has given us a thorough and intelligent study of Eighteenth Century popular English musical theater, and the seminal role of The Beggar’s Opera in its development. With the inclusion of numerous musical examples, abundant historical details, and deft, clear analyses, this book is an excellent introduction to a delightful musical genre and period. Atkins successfully accomplishes both of her aims: she informs us about an overlooked yet important era of musical history and she convinces us to want to hear it again for ourselves, and she does it artfully and skillfully. …Barry Sherman, Associate Professor of Communications, St. John’s University
The Beggar S Opera
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Author : John John Gay
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2017-02-18
The Beggar S Opera written by John John Gay and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-02-18 with categories.
How is this book unique? Font adjustments & biography included Unabridged (100% Original content) Formatted for e-reader Illustrated About The Beggar's Opera by John Gay The Beggar's Opera is a ballad opera in three acts written in 1728 by John Gay. It is one of the watershed plays in Augustan drama and is the only example of the once thriving genre of satirical ballad opera to remain popular today. Ballad operas were satiric musical plays that used some of the conventions of opera, but without recitative. The lyrics of the airs in the piece are set to popular broadsheet ballads, opera arias, church hymns and folk tunes of the time. The Beggar's Opera premiered at the Lincoln's Inn Fields Theatre on 29 January 1728 and ran for 62 consecutive performances, the longest run in theatre history up to that time (after 146 performances of Robert Cambert's Pomone in Paris in 1671). The work became Gay's greatest success and has been played ever since; it has been called "the most popular play of the eighteenth century." In 1920, The Beggar's Opera began an astonishing revival run of 1,463 performances at the Lyric Theatre in Hammersmith, London, which was one of the longest runs in history for any piece of musical theatre at that time.
Life And Letters Of John Gay 1685 1732 Author Of The Beggar S Opera
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Author : Lewis Melville
language : en
Publisher: Good Press
Release Date : 2019-12-09
Life And Letters Of John Gay 1685 1732 Author Of The Beggar S Opera written by Lewis Melville and has been published by Good Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-12-09 with Fiction categories.
"Life And Letters Of John Gay (1685-1732), Author of "The Beggar's Opera"" by Lewis Melville John Gay was an English poet and dramatist and a member of the Scriblerus Club. He is best remembered for The Beggar's Opera whose characters became household names. In this book, Melville describes the life of this important figure in literary history through a collection of facts and letters that were collected and thoroughly researched to create an encompassing picture of Gay.
John Gay S The Beggar S Opera 1728 2004
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Author : Uwe Böker
language : de
Publisher: Rodopi
Release Date : 2006
John Gay S The Beggar S Opera 1728 2004 written by Uwe Böker and has been published by Rodopi this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with Literary Criticism categories.
When Richard Steele remarked that the greatest Evils in human Society are such as no Law can come at, he was not able to forsee the spectacular success of John Gay's satire of society, the administration of law and crime, politics, the Italian opera and other topics. Gay's The Beggar's Opera, with its mixture of witty dialogue and popular songs, was imitated by 18th century writers, criticized by those on the seats of power, but remained a favourite of the English theatre public ever since. With N. Playfair's 1920 revival and B. Brecht's and K. Weill's 1928 Dreigroschenoper, Gay's play has been a starting-point for dramatists such as V. Havel (Zebrácká opera, 1975), W. Soyinka (Opera Wonyosi, 1977), Ch. Buarque (Ópera do Malandro, 1978), D. Fo (L'opera dello sghignazzo, 1981), A. Ayckbourn (A Chorus of Disapproval, 1984), as well as others such as Latouche, Hacks, Fassbinder, Dear, Wasserman, and Lepage. Apart from contributions by international scholars analysing the above-named plays, the editors' introduction covers other dramatists that have payed hommage to Gay. This interdisciplinary collection of essays is of particular interest for scholars working in the field of drama/theatre studies, the eighteenth century, contemporary drama, postcolonial studies, and politics and the stage.
Deep Play
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Author : Dianne Dugaw
language : en
Publisher: University of Delaware Press
Release Date : 2001
Deep Play written by Dianne Dugaw and has been published by University of Delaware Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with Invention (Rhetoric) categories.
"Deep Play" examines the emergence of modern self- and social-consciousness in eighteenth-century Britain as an awareness of class and culture. It examines popular ballads and songs, country dances, catches, mumming plays, beliefs and sayings, fables, stories, and legends as these plebeian cultural materials are brought by Gay to comment on "polite" opera, drama, and literature. Illustrated.
The Beggar S Opera
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Author : John Gay
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2014-06-13
The Beggar S Opera written by John Gay and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-06-13 with Drama categories.
Mr. and Mrs. Peachum are horrified when they learn of their daughter Polly's secret marriage to the rebellious and notorious highwayman, Macheath. However, their fear is soon mitigated when they decide to kill him for his money. When Macheath is in the tavern, surrounded by women of 'ill repute', he discovers that he has been rumbled: two of these women are in cahoots with the Peachums and plan to kill him. He finds himself in Newgate and, worse than that, in the company of the jailer's daughter, Lucy, to whom he is also betrothed. Although Macheath is captured and destined to be hanged, Gay's action-packed and entertaining play subverts audience expectations by letting Macheath off the hook and not punishing its villains. John Gay's satirical opera, written in 1728, was revolutionary because it took poverty and corruption as its subject, and paupers and villains as its characters. The lyrics were set to famous songs of the day making it hugely popular with audiences and a radical departure from traditional opera. The introduction puts the play in its historical and theatrical contexts and details its stage history in modern times too. David Lindley is an expert on theatrical music and the new dramatic form of ballad opera this play created. The music for the songs is included in the text, making this an edition to be used for performance as well as for study.
Ambivalence In The Theater Plays Of John Gay
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Author : Dorothy Louise Hunt Sherman
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1969
Ambivalence In The Theater Plays Of John Gay written by Dorothy Louise Hunt Sherman and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1969 with categories.
The Beggars Opera A Comic Opera In Three Acts By John Gay Printed From The Acting Copy With Remarks Biographical And Critical By D G To Which Are Added A Description Of The Costume Cast Of The Characters Entrances And Exits Relative Positions Of The Performers On The Stage And The Whole Of The Stage Business As Performed At The Theatres Royal London Embellished With A Fine Engraving By Mr White From A Drawing Taken In The Theatre By Mr R Cruikshank
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Author : John Gay
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 18??
The Beggars Opera A Comic Opera In Three Acts By John Gay Printed From The Acting Copy With Remarks Biographical And Critical By D G To Which Are Added A Description Of The Costume Cast Of The Characters Entrances And Exits Relative Positions Of The Performers On The Stage And The Whole Of The Stage Business As Performed At The Theatres Royal London Embellished With A Fine Engraving By Mr White From A Drawing Taken In The Theatre By Mr R Cruikshank written by John Gay and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 18?? with Promptbooks categories.