The Beggar's Opera by John Gay

The Beggar's Opera

John Gay

128 pages first pub 1726 (editions)

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'Whore and rogue they call husband and wife: All professions be-rogue one another' The tale of Peachum, thief-taker and informer, conspiring to send the dashing and promiscuous highwayman Macheath to the gallows, became the theatrical sensation of...

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