The Beggar's Opera

Written by

John Gay

,

David Lindley

and

Vivien Jones

Edited by

David Lindley

and

Vivien Jones

~playauthor~Written by~ John Gay , David Lindley , Vivien Jones ~playauthor~Edited by~ David Lindley , Vivien Jones

Methuen Drama, 2010

New Mermaids

playtext

Acts: 3, Scenes: 45, Roles: Total (26), Female (12), Male (14), Unassigned (0)

...Gay’s ‘ballad opera’ set in eighteenth-century London’s underworld is at once a vigorous satire on the moral and financial corruption of a fast-growing commercial society, and a groundbreaking piece of theatre. Combining spoken dialogue...