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1728 ballad opera by John Gay
The Beggar's Opera is a ballad opera in three acts written in 1728 by the English poet and dramatist John Gay with music arranged by the German-born Baroque
The_Beggar's_Opera
Scottish progressive rock band
Sagittary and Beggars Can't be Choosers. In 2023 RGS released Beggars Opera The Leap from the Beggars Opera archives In November 2025, Beggars Opera co-founder
Beggars_Opera_(band)
1953 film by Peter Brook
The Beggar's Opera is a 1953 British historical musical film directed by Peter Brook in his feature directorial debut, based on John Gay's 1728 ballad
The_Beggar's_Opera_(film)
1928 German play with music
to hear an opera for beggars. Since this opera was intended to be as splendid as only beggars can imagine, and yet cheap enough for beggars to be able
The_Threepenny_Opera
1970 studio album by Beggars Opera
Act One is the debut album of the Scottish progressive band Beggars Opera. Variously classified as symphonic rock, progressive rock or proto-progressive
Act_One_(album)
1931 film
The Threepenny Opera (German: Die 3 Groschen-Oper) is a 1931 German musical film directed by G. W. Pabst. Produced by Seymour Nebenzal's Nero-Film for
The Threepenny Opera (1931 film)
The_Threepenny_Opera_(1931_film)
Opera genre
The ballad opera is a genre of English comic opera stage play that originated in the early 18th century, and continued to develop over the following century
Ballad_opera
1972 studio album by Beggars Opera
Pathfinder is the third album by the Scottish progressive band Beggars Opera, published in 1972. This album places less emphasis on the Mellotron, a small
Pathfinder_(album)
English guitarist and saxophonist
formed Beggar's Farm with John Lawrence (guitar) and Dave Smith (drums), John Tilley (lead vocals and flute) and Dave Holman (bass). Beggar's Opera was short-lived
Brian_Hopper
1971 studio album by Beggars Opera
Waters of Change is the second album by the Scottish progressive band Beggars Opera, released in 1971. With respect to its predecessor Act One, Waters
Waters_of_Change
Art form combining sung text and musical score in a theatrical setting
Opera is a form of Western theatre in which music is a fundamental component and dramatic roles are taken by singers. Such a "work" (the literal translation
Opera
Fictional opera character
both in John Gay's The Beggar's Opera (1728), its sequel Polly (1777), and 150 years later in Bertolt Brecht's The Threepenny Opera (1928). Macheath made
Captain_Macheath
1963 film
play The Threepenny Opera by Bertolt Brecht, itself inspired by the 18th-century British work The Beggar's Opera. A previous film adaptation The Threepenny
The Threepenny Opera (1963 film)
The_Threepenny_Opera_(1963_film)
Northern Ireland actor (born 1978)
variety of stage productions, including The Beggar’s Opera at Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre and The Changeling at the Southwark Playhouse. Caves was educated
David_Caves
English song and nursery rhyme
English composer Thomas Arne. Arne had composed the song for a 1777 production of The Beggar's Opera in London. A-Haunting We Will Go (disambiguation)
A-Hunting_We_Will_Go
Scottish guitarist and composer (1948–2022)
joined his first band, the Vostoks, at school in 1962. He then joined both The Kingbees and The System, with whom he formed Beggars Opera in 1969. He played
Ricky_Gardiner
Verse set to music
of the Italian opera of the period. The first, most important and successful ballad opera was The Beggar's Opera of 1728, with a libretto by John Gay
Ballad
Norwegian-English stage actor (born 1961)
Macheath in the Royal National Theatre production of The Villain's Opera, Nick Dear and Stephen Warbeck's updating of The Beggars Opera in 2000. in 1995
Alexander_Hanson_(actor)
English composer and baritone (1872–1952)
composer in the period 1905–30. He is perhaps best remembered for his arrangement of Johann Pepusch's music for a 1920 production of The Beggar's Opera by John
Frederic_Austin
prominent operas. The early 18th century was dominated by the operas of George Frideric Handel, while other important works include Pepusch's The Beggar's Opera
List_of_prominent_operas
1686 march by Henry Purcell
John Gay's The Beggar's Opera, which first premiered in 1728, using popular folk tunes for its score. Here, the lyrics are: The Modes of the Court so common
Lillibullero
Brazilian musical play by Chico Buarque
Gay’s The Beggar's Opera and Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill’s The Threepenny Opera. The play is a tribute to Paulo Pontes [pt], who died in 1976. The play
Ópera_do_Malandro
English poet and playwright (1685–1732)
and dramatist and member of the Scriblerus Club. He is best remembered for The Beggar's Opera (1728), a ballad opera. The characters, including Captain
John_Gay
English actress (1922–2013)
theatre debut in 1938 at the Windmill Theatre. Anderson appeared in such films as The Beggar's Opera, Hobson's Choice and The Scarlet Pimpernel.[citation
Daphne_Anderson
1729 Ballad opera
ballad opera with text by John Gay and music by Johann Christoph Pepusch. It is a sequel to Gay's The Beggar's Opera. Due to censorship, the opera was not
Polly_(opera)
English actress and singer (born 1956)
Into the Woods (1991), Sweeney Todd (2013), Gypsy (2016), and Hello, Dolly! (2024). She was Olivier-nominated for The Beggar's Opera (1982), The Wizard
Imelda_Staunton
1989 British film
Alexandra Pigg. The story follows a young widower, Guy Jones, as he joins an amateur operatic society that is putting on The Beggar's Opera. He rapidly progresses
A Chorus of Disapproval (film)
A_Chorus_of_Disapproval_(film)
British traditional song
display, Over the hills, and far away. Chorus In The Beggar's Opera the song is a duet between the antihero Macheath and his lover Polly. It is a romantic
Over the Hills and Far Away (traditional song)
Over_the_Hills_and_Far_Away_(traditional_song)
Older term for a con-artist
the new formulations of social contract by Rousseau (1712–1778) – the romanticization of thievery reached new levels. John Gay's The Beggar's Opera (1728)
Sharper
British actress
with roles including Audrey in As You Like It and Mrs Peacham in The Beggar's Opera. She currently lives in Dorset with her husband. Stanley Wells (28
Susan_Jane_Tanner
Demanding favors in public
on beggars and became "Beggar Chiefs". Beggar chiefs provided security in the form of food for beggars and in return received a portion of beggars' daily
Begging
American actress
her roles as the heroin addict Helen in the romantic drama The Panic in Needle Park (1971), for which she won the Best Actress Award at the 1971 Cannes
Kitty_Winn
1825 poem and song by Walter Scott
might well have approved: he intended the verses "to be sung a la militaire" and not as the song is in The Beggars Opera. In this tune, too, variations occur
Bonnie_Dundee
Female pirate (died 1733)
culture. The first notable inspiration is Jenny Diver in John Gay's 1729 ballad opera Polly. Despite already appearing in Gay's previous play The Beggars Opera
Anne_Bonny
Play by Henry Fielding
The Grub Street Opera is a play by Henry Fielding that originated as an expanded version of his play The Welsh Opera. It was never put on for an audience
The_Grub_Street_Opera
1984 play by Alan Ayckbourn
Alan Ayckbourn. The story follows a young widower, Guy Jones, as he joins an amateur operatic society that is putting on The Beggar's Opera. He rapidly progresses
A Chorus of Disapproval (play)
A_Chorus_of_Disapproval_(play)
English dancer and actress
between acts in The Beggar's Opera at Covent Garden Theatre in London in 1759. The hornpipe tune is now known as "Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush".
Nancy_Dawson
English nursery rhyme and singing game
Index number of 7882. It uses the tune which Nancy Dawson danced into fame in The Beggar's Opera in mid-1700s London. The same tune is also used for "Lazy
Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush
Here_We_Go_Round_the_Mulberry_Bush
English actor (born 1974)
Inconstancy". Archived from the original on 22 September 2009. Retrieved 14 June 2009. "Au théâtre : The Beggar's Opera". Archived from the original on 20 September
Matthew_Macfadyen
Song
and has a wooden leg. The beggar sings of his food, his drinks, and his dog. He sings of going to Pimlico with his fellow beggars, where they will all
The_Beggars_Chorus
British television and theatre actress
Peter Pan, The Beggars Opera and Into The Woods. She played roles in the musical Soho Cinders at the Soho Theatre, The Little Mermaid at the Bristol Old
Beverly_Rudd
British actress (1930–2001)
Earnest (1952), The Beggar's Opera (1953), A Tale of Two Cities (1958), Savage Messiah (1972) and The Shooting Party (1985). An obituary in The Daily Telegraph
Dorothy_Tutin
English actor (1931–2013)
Obituary in The Times, 8 February 2013; accessed 9 February 2013 London Opera Diary : The Beggar's Opera. Apollo Theatre, September 16. Opera, November
Peter_Gilmore
English actress (born 1946)
Pippin, 1973 Hair, 1974 The Beggar's Opera, 1975 Pal Joey, 1976 Look Back in Anger, 1976 Then and Now, 1979 (Emma Baildon) The Mitford Girls, 1981 (Nancy
Patricia_Hodge
British actress
productions. In 1982, she played Jenny Driver in A Beggar's Opera at the National Theatre having been part of the original cast of its highly successful production
Fiona_Hendley
Overview of early centuries of Western musical theatre
Gay's The Beggar's Opera (1728), that included lyrics written to the tunes of popular songs of the day (often spoofing opera), and later the developing
Development of musical theatre
Development_of_musical_theatre
English criminal (1702-1724)
execution, quickly followed by popular plays. The character of Macheath in John Gay's The Beggar's Opera (1728) was based on Sheppard, keeping him well
Jack_Sheppard
1946 musical
John Gay's The Beggar's Opera. Watkins hired John Latouche, who'd written lyrics for the cantata "Ballad for Americans" and "Cabin in the Sky," and teamed
Beggar's_Holiday
Legendary reptile in European mythology
reference to the basilisk is found in John Gay's "The Beggar's Opera" (Act II, Air XXV): Man may escape from Rope and Gun; Nay, some have out liv'd the Doctor's
Basilisk
1728 play
hit of the season, only to be eclipsed by the even more dramatic success of John Gay's The Beggar's Opera which opened three weeks later at the rival Lincoln's
The_Provoked_Husband
Sung drama of a light or comedic nature
of comic opera first developed in late 17th-century Italy. By the 1730s, a new operatic genre, opera buffa, emerged as an alternative to opera seria. It
Comic_opera
English actress (born 1967)
Taste of Honey, Beggars Opera, The Wizard of Oz, Love's Labours Lost, When We Are Married, The Wind in the Willows and The Land of the Living. In 2014
Sue_Devaney
American actor and conductor (1942–2018)
productions, including The Three Sisters and The Beggar's Opera. Stiers first appeared in the Broadway production The Magic Show in 1974 in the role of Feldman
David_Ogden_Stiers
British actress (1914–1995)
Patrick Crean. Film Up for the Cup (1950) Wide Boy (1952) Castle in the Air (1952) The Beggar's Opera (1953) Rasputin the Mad Monk (1966) Decline and
Helen_Christie
English actress (1708–1760)
of the drama be more popular". It was in John Gay's Beggar's Opera, as Polly Peachum, that Miss Fenton made her greatest success; she debuted the role
Lavinia_Fenton
Topics referred to by the same term
Sunshine (The Pledge)", a 2007 composition by Jay Electronica Act I and II, a 1993 concert tour by Prince Act One (album), a 1970 album by Beggars Opera Act
Act_I
Salsa song by Willie Colón & Rubén Blades
de Pedro Navaja is based on John Gay's "The Beggar's Opera" and Bertolt Brecht's "The Threepenny Opera." The book and lyrics are by Pablo Cabrera, and music
Pedro_Navaja
Swedish actor
including Hedda Gabler, The Wild Duck, The Beggars' Opera and Twelfth Night. In 2013, he played the old servant Firs in The Cherry Orchard at Stockholm
Ingvar_Kjellson
Stage work that combines songs, music, spoken dialogue, acting, and dance
ballad operas, like John Gay's The Beggar's Opera, that included lyrics written to the tunes of popular songs of the day (often spoofing opera), and later
Musical_theatre
13 June: Last Night the Beggars Opera was acted the 60th Time, at the Theatre in Lincoln's Inn-fields. And 'tis remarkable that the People crowded in with
Long runs on the London stage since 1700
Long_runs_on_the_London_stage_since_1700
Welsh actor
Training Theatre in Exeter in the late 1980s, touring in productions of A Christmas Carol, Twelfth Night, Beggar's Opera and Peer Gynt among others. On
Andrew_Howard
Canadian actress (born 1975)
Mary in The Secret Garden (Young People's Theatre, 2001) in Toronto, Anne in Anne of Green Gables (2005) and Polly Peachum in The Beggar's Opera (2006)
Ramona_Gilmour-Darling
British actor (1935–2001)
mostly with the Royal Shakespeare Company: A Midsummer Night's Dream (1963) The Beggar's Opera (1963) The Representative (1963) King Lear (1964) The Comedy
Michael_Williams_(actor)
British conductor (born 1959)
in apartheid South Africa, at the South Bank Centre. In 2014, Hazlewood scored a reworking of John Gay's The Beggars Opera, Dead Dog in a Suitcase (and
Charles_Hazlewood
1730 ballad opera
ballad opera by the British writer George Lillo, written as part of a boom in ballad operas in the wake of John Gay's 1728 hit The Beggar's Opera. The original
Sylvia_(opera)
Style of British literature
parody of the updated pastoral in The Shepherd's Week. He also imitated the Satires of Juvenal with his Trivia. In 1728, his The Beggar's Opera was an enormous
Augustan_literature
Description of opera's historical development in the USA
Italian season, the Park Theatre, established in 1798, had presented ballad operas like The Beggars Opera or Pasticcios. In 1812, the Yankee Chronology
Opera_in_the_United_States
1928 song by Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill
with the tale of the deadly Mackie Messer, or Mack the Knife, a character based on the dashing highwayman Macheath in John Gay's The Beggar's Opera (who
Mack_the_Knife
British actor (born 1946)
appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) on 17 June 2006. Toad of Toad Hall as Badger (1971) The Beggar's Opera as Wat Dreary (Chichester
Charles_Dance
English language nursery rhyme
courtesans of the time of Charles II", but no supportive evidence has been found. The name Lucy Locket was used by John Gay in Beggar's Opera (1728), but
Lucy_Locket
French-British actress (1926–2024)
of The Beggar's Opera, the adventure films The Master of Ballantrae and The Dark Avenger, and the mystery film The House of the Arrow. She played the female
Yvonne_Furneaux
18th century English criminal (1682/83–1725)
still in the news. The parallel is most important for John Gay's The Beggar's Opera in 1728. The main story of the Beggar's Opera focuses on the episodes
Jonathan_Wild
English female pirate (died 1721)
ballad opera Polly. Despite already appearing in Gay's previous play The Beggars Opera, her characterization in Polly is blatantly Read. In the 19th century
Mary_Read
she earned her first nomination for the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Musical for The Beggar's Opera. Her first Laurence Olivier Award win
List of awards and nominations received by Imelda Staunton
List_of_awards_and_nominations_received_by_Imelda_Staunton
Scottish cabinet-maker, deacon of a trades guild (1741–1788)
high spirits and singing songs from The Beggars Opera. They knew that although the excise office was closed, the night watchman did not come until 10
William_Brodie
1717 play
establishment. The group of Tories, who later helped John Gay to satirise the government in The Beggar’s Opera, also helped him, in 1717, to write the play Three
Three_Hours_After_Marriage
British actor and writer
Slammerkin in The Beggar's Opera and the tomboyish Hoyden in The Relapse. Around this time, Charke began intermittently wearing male clothing off the stage.
Charlotte_Charke
English theatre director and writer (born 1948)
musicals and operas. He is an honorary associate director of the Royal Shakespeare Company, was for many years a regular director with the Royal National
John_Caird_(director)
1728) The Beggar's Opera II (1728) The Beggar's Opera III The Beggar's Opera IV (c.1728) The Beggar's Opera V The Beggar's Opera VI (1729–31) An Assembly
List of works by William Hogarth
List_of_works_by_William_Hogarth
Irish playwright, opera librettist, and music arranger
playwright, opera librettist and arranger of music from County Westmeath. Following the initial failure of his ballad opera The Beggar’s Wedding (Dublin
Charles_Coffey
English actress and operatic soprano (1914–2003)
Benjamin Britten's adaptation of The Beggar's Opera. Hill's career in television and film started with the 1958 film The Bank Raiders and ended in 1994
Rose_Hill_(actress)
American actress (born 1939)
theatrical productions, including The Beggar's Opera (1972), Much Ado About Nothing (1972), Brighton Beach Memoirs (1983), The Tower of Evil (1991), Hamlet
Kathleen_Widdoes
American actress and singer (born 1949)
The Beggar's Opera, The Time of Your Life, The Lower Depths, The Hostage, Next Time I'll Sing to You, Measure for Measure, Scapin, Edward II, The Orchestra
Patti_LuPone
1729 ballad opera
The Beggar's Wedding is a 1729 ballad opera by the Irish writer Charles Coffey. Part of a boom in ballad operas following the success of John Gay's The
The_Beggar's_Wedding
English actress and television personality (born 1983)
in the BBC soap opera EastEnders (1993–2007, 2010–2011, 2014–2025), for which she won the award for Best Actress at the British Soap Awards and the TV
Natalie_Cassidy
Device to resolve the plot of a dramatic work
uses it in The Beggar's Opera where a character breaks the action and rewrites the ending as a reprieve from hanging for MacHeath. During the politically
Deus_ex_machina
Scottish electronic indie rock band
The Beggars Opera. It was a co-production by The Lyceum in Edinburgh and Belgrade Theatre in Coventry. It played at The Lyceum, The Belgrade and The Tramway
A_Band_Called_Quinn
British playwright
(1976) The Beggars Opera (1977) A Tale of Two Cities (1981) Gone To Jesus (1982) Dracula (1984) Spend, Spend, Spend (1985) All the Fun of the Fair (1986)
Christopher_Bond
Topics referred to by the same term
St. James, in the TV series Gilmore Girls, played by Melissa McCarthy Suky Tawdry, in The Beggar's Opera and The Threepenny Opera The Groovy Girls doll
Suki
Australian actress
Macbeth, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Merchant of Venice, The Comedy of Errors, The Vagina Monologues, The Beggar’s Opera, As You Like It, Pygmalion, Measure
Susan_Lyons
English actor (1930–2009)
1969: The White Devil 1970: Cyrano de Bergerac 1973: The Wolf 1975: Male of the Species 1976: On Approval 1978: The Dark Horse 1980: The Beggar's Opera (also
Edward_Woodward
American-born British actress (born 1949)
worked extensively with the Royal Shakespeare Company and the National Theatre. Wanamaker was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 2001
Zoë_Wanamaker
American actor, singer and director (1927–1976)
for his work on the Broadway production of the musical She Loves Me. He also received two Primetime Emmy Award nominations. He was the father of teen idols
Jack_Cassidy
of feature films based on operas. This is a list of feature films based on rock operas. This is a list of other opera or opera based films. Aria, 1987 Meeting
List_of_films_based_on_operas
German writer (1897–1973)
of The Threepenny Opera (1928). She purportedly wrote the majority of the text as well as providing a German translation of John Gay's The Beggar's Opera
Elisabeth_Hauptmann
Professional theatre staged in London, England
current location, and the Royal Opera House opened in Covent Garden on 7 December 1732. John Gay's ballad opera The Beggar's Opera ran for 62 performances
West_End_theatre
Musical compiled from existing songs
vaudevilles and ballad operas are two genres that made heavy use of well-known melodies. The Beggar's Opera (1728), the first ballad opera and the most famous,
Jukebox_musical
English theatre director and manager (1692–1761)
that the profits from The Beggar’s Opera were not involved in any way. The Survey of London even includes an Appendix giving the names of all the investors
John_Rich_(producer)
screen and television. Following his training at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, Irons first acted with the school's theatre company: List of awards and
Jeremy Irons on stage and screen
Jeremy_Irons_on_stage_and_screen
Irish actor and singer (born 1987)
the Welsh National Opera, including The Beggar's Opera, The Mikado, Sweeney Todd, as well as a production of The Elixir of Love as Nemorino, directed
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