#thebeggarsopera

. No retreat. No retreat. They must conquer or die who’ve no retreat. . "We’ve Cheated the Parson" (song), Polly: an Opera (1729). . John Gay (Barnstaple, Devon, 30 June 1685 –  London, 4 December 1732)). . #english #poet #dramatist #johngay  #thebeggarsopera #gay #pride #loveislove #gijon #asturias #museobarjola (en Xixón. Asturies) https://www.instagram.com/p/CQvxGCileE_/?utm_medium=tumblr

Oh boy oh boy! My 18-year-old self is overwhelmed with excitement and anticipation. Thank you to Theatrico Quarantino for getting be back into this now that I can access recorded versions of it. #18thcenturytheatre #thebeggarsopera #theatricoquarantino #patriciaroutledge #rogerdaltrey https://www.instagram.com/p/CGIefu7g9kV/?igshid=sgsju0t6nncm

Posted @withregram • @marie.griffay Dora Garcia, The Beggar's Things, Skulptur Projekte Münster 2007 @galerie_michelrein @feriaarco #doragarcia #thebeggarsopera #skulpturprojekte #münster #madrid (at Feria ARCO) https://www.instagram.com/p/B9Z1ltkKf7x/?igshid=4mhwzam7k24y

«Macheath: "And I would love you all the day," Polly: "Every night would kiss and play," Macheath: "If with me you’d fondly stray" Polly: "Over the hills and far away."» (The Beggar's Opera, Act I, scene xiii, Air xvi) ~ #HappyBirthday #JohnGay (1685-1732), English dramatist and poet, and a member of the Scriblerius Club, an early 18th-century association of authors, based in London, which included prominent figures of the Augustan age of English literature, such as Jonathan Swift and Alexander Pope. Gay is best remembered for The Beggar's Opera, a satirical ballad opera, one of the most important examples of the genre, which was also important in the development of musical plays. ~ Best-known works: • Trivia: or, the Art of Walking the Streets of London (1716, satirical poem) • The Beggar's Opera (1728, ballad opera) • Polly (1729, ballad opera) ~ «O! may thy Virtue guard thee through the Roads Of Drury's mazy Courts, and dark Abodes, The Harlots guileful Paths, who nightly stand, Where Katherine-street descends into the Strand.» (Trivia: or, the Art of Walking the Streets of London, Book III) ~ #TheBeggarsOpera #Polly #Trivia #TriviaOrtheArtOfWalkingtheStreetsOfLondon #London #balladopera #satire #opera #poet #poetry #book #books #bookstagram #reading #read #bookish #booklion #booktube #instabook #instaread #bookworm #epicreads

«Love with youth flies swift away, Age is nought but sorrow. Dance and sing, Time's on the wing, Life never knows the return of spring.» (from The Beggar's Opera, Act II, scene iv, Air XXII) ~ #CurrentlyReading 💸💔🎻🎼 The Beggar's Opera and Polly by #JohnGay. The Beggar's Opera, a spoof on Italian opera, and its sequel, Polly, are sucessful comedic examples of ballad opera, a kind of musical drama and satire popular in 18th-century England. The genre ballad opera was an important step in the development of the musical stage and the popular song. I am about to finish the book, and my #nextread will be Trivia: or, the Art of Walking the Streets of London, also by John Gay, a satricial narrative poem full of lively descriptions of the life and people on the streets of 18th-century London. ~ «Now venture, Muse, from home to range the Town, And for the publick safety risque thy own.» (from Trivia: or, the Art of Walking the Streets of London, Book II) ~ #balladopera #TheBeggarsOpera #Polly #Trivia #TriviaOrtheArtOfWalkingtheStreetsOfLondon #London #comedy #opera #18thcenturyenglishliterature #books #bookstagram #currentread #reading #read #bookish #instabook #instaread #bookworm

Why? Because this show is going to be amazing!!

Our other option is 'The Beggar's Opera' by John Gay with music arranged by Johann Christoph Pepusch