John Gay and the London Theatre.
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- 9780813159362
- 822.5
- PR3473.B6.W56 1993eb
Cover -- Half-title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Apprenticeship-A Prelude -- 2. The Mohocks -- 3. Chaucer in Augustan England -- 4. Words and Music -- 5. False Starts -- 6. The Beggar and His Opera -- 7. The Beggar's Opera in Theatre History -- 8. The Opera as Work of Art -- 9. Polly and the Censors -- 10. Last Plays -- Epilogue -- Appendix A: "Were the Mohocks Ever Anything More than a Hairstyle? -- Appendix B: Gay's Payment for the Opera -- Reference Abbreviations -- Notes -- Index.
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