The Beggar's Opera

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The Beggar's Opera is an 18th-century ballad opera by John Gay that satirizes politics and high society through the lives of thieves and prostitutes in London.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ballad opera ⓘ
stage work ⓘ
composer Johann Christoph Pepusch ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
creator John Gay ⓘ
firstPerformanceDate 1728-01-29 ⓘ
genre ballad opera ⓘ
satire ⓘ
hasAdaptation 1920 film adaptation ⓘ
1953 film adaptation ⓘ
The Threepenny Opera ⓘ
various television adaptations ⓘ
hasCharacter Lockit ⓘ
Mr. Peachum ⓘ
hasMainCharacter Lucy Lockit ⓘ
Macheath ⓘ
Polly Peachum ⓘ
hasPart Air "How happy could I be with either" ⓘ
Air "Let us take the road" ⓘ
Air "Over the hills and far away" ⓘ
hasSubject class inequality ⓘ
corruption ⓘ
crime ⓘ
law and justice ⓘ
marriage ⓘ
influenced The Threepenny Opera ⓘ
linked to: The Beggar's Opera
language English ⓘ
literaryMovement Augustan literature ⓘ
locationOfStory London ⓘ
linked to: London, England
narrativeFocus prostitutes ⓘ
thieves ⓘ
notableFor critique of Italian opera ⓘ
founding the ballad opera tradition ⓘ
originalNetwork Lincoln's Inn Fields Theatre ⓘ
partOf 18th-century English theatre ⓘ
placeOfFirstPerformance Lincoln's Inn Fields Theatre ⓘ
publicationDate 1728 ⓘ
publisher John Watts ⓘ
satirizes Robert Walpole ⓘ
high society ⓘ
politics ⓘ
settingPeriod early 18th-century London ⓘ
structure three acts ⓘ
uses folk melodies ⓘ
parodied operatic arias ⓘ
popular tunes ⓘ
workPeriod 18th century ⓘ
yearOfFirstPerformance 1728 ⓘ

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Catherine Douglas, Duchess of Queensberry → supportedWork → The Beggar's Opera ⓘ
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Mrs. Peachum → appearsIn → The Beggar’s Opera ⓘ
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Nick Dear → wroteAdaptationOf → The Beggar’s Opera by John Gay ⓘ
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Roger K. Furse → workedOn → The Beggar's Opera (1953 film) ⓘ
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Dorothy Tutin → notableWork → The Beggar’s Opera ⓘ
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Guy Green → cinematographyBy → The Beggar’s Opera (1953 film) ⓘ
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Mack the Knife → basedOnWork → The Beggar's Opera ⓘ
Eric Crozier → notableWork → The Beggar’s Opera (adaptation) ⓘ
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