John Gay's The Beggar's Opera, 1728-2004: adaptations and re-writingsUwe Böker, Ines Detmers, Anna-Christina Giovanopoulos Rodopi, 2006 - 347 páginas When Richard Steele remarked that the greatest Evils in human Society are such as no Law can come at, he was not able to forsee the spectacular success of John Gay's satire of society, the administration of law and crime, politics, the Italian opera and other topics. Gay's The Beggar's Opera, with its mixture of witty dialogue and popular songs, was imitated by 18th century writers, criticized by those on the seats of power, but remained a favourite of the English theatre public ever since. With N. Playfair's 1920 revival and B. Brecht's and K. Weill's 1928 Dreigroschenoper, Gay's play has been a starting-point for dramatists such as V. Havel (Zebrácká opera, 1975), W. Soyinka (Opera Wonyosi, 1977), Ch. Buarque (Ópera do Malandro, 1978), D. Fo (L'opera dello sghignazzo, 1981), A. Ayckbourn (A Chorus of Disapproval, 1984), as well as others such as Latouche, Hacks, Fassbinder, Dear, Wasserman, and Lepage. Apart from contributions by international scholars analysing the above-named plays, the editors' introduction covers other dramatists that have payed hommage to Gay. This interdisciplinary collection of essays is of particular interest for scholars working in the field of drama/theatre studies, the eighteenth century, contemporary drama, postcolonial studies, and politics and the stage. |
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... life of carefree abandon , “ a wicked imitation ” . Be that as it may , Savage's “ Author to be Lett❞ Iscariot Hackney , has “ sometimes taken it in [ his ] Head , that [ he ] might make a Fortune by writing for the Stage " : As a ...
... life of carefree abandon , “ a wicked imitation ” . Be that as it may , Savage's “ Author to be Lett❞ Iscariot Hackney , has “ sometimes taken it in [ his ] Head , that [ he ] might make a Fortune by writing for the Stage " : As a ...
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... Lives in Contemporary Fiction and Drama the post-modern self, abandoning “former teleological, linear forms of re ... life, reality and illusion, original and simulacrum. A world in which all knowledge and all experience are looked ...
... Lives in Contemporary Fiction and Drama the post-modern self, abandoning “former teleological, linear forms of re ... life, reality and illusion, original and simulacrum. A world in which all knowledge and all experience are looked ...
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... Life to seize on them, and usurp them”.32 Without going into historical detail, suffice to say that recent literary ... Lives of the Poets. G. Birkbeck Hill (ed.). Oxford: Clarendon Press 1905. iii, 176. Quoted in Harold F. Brooks, “The ...
... Life to seize on them, and usurp them”.32 Without going into historical detail, suffice to say that recent literary ... Lives of the Poets. G. Birkbeck Hill (ed.). Oxford: Clarendon Press 1905. iii, 176. Quoted in Harold F. Brooks, “The ...
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... life ; explains his fantasy in terms of the fashions and foibles of our times . It shouldn't take long not more than a minute of time but it will point and clarify the meaning of The Beggar's Opera today " .62 And then " the beggar ...
... life ; explains his fantasy in terms of the fashions and foibles of our times . It shouldn't take long not more than a minute of time but it will point and clarify the meaning of The Beggar's Opera today " .62 And then " the beggar ...
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... life " are deconstructed by means of satire and a mediating figure , taken out of classical Sanskrit drama , the sutradhar ( master of ceremonies ) . His function is to investigate the characters ' ideologies and to control the ...
... life " are deconstructed by means of satire and a mediating figure , taken out of classical Sanskrit drama , the sutradhar ( master of ceremonies ) . His function is to investigate the characters ' ideologies and to control the ...
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Sección 20 | 200 |
Sección 21 | 210 |
Sección 22 | 219 |
Sección 23 | 243 |
Sección 24 | 273 |
Sección 9 | 103 |
Sección 10 | 105 |
Sección 11 | 121 |
Sección 12 | 124 |
Sección 13 | 127 |
Sección 14 | 147 |
Sección 15 | 151 |
Sección 16 | 158 |
Sección 25 | 275 |
Sección 26 | 285 |
Sección 27 | 288 |
Sección 28 | 292 |
Sección 29 | 295 |
Sección 30 | 298 |
Sección 31 | 327 |
Sección 32 | 345 |
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John Gay's The beggar's opera 1728 - 2004: 1728 - 2004 ; adaptations and re ... Uwe Böker Sin vista previa disponible - 2006 |
John Gay's The Beggar's Opera, 1728-2004: adaptations and re-writings Uwe Böker,Ines Detmers,Anna-Christina Giovanopoulos Sin vista previa disponible - 2006 |