(Paperback)
By: John Gay
ISBN: 9780713673821
Readership/Audience: Tertiary Education
Publication Date: Jun 2010
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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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.
(Paperback)
By: John Gay
ISBN: 9780140432206
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Aug 1986
UK Publication Date: 28th August 1986
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
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A depiction of the thieves, informers, prostitutes and highwaymen thronging the slums and prisons of the corrupt London underworld that exposes the dark side of a corrupt and jaded society.
