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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... stage entertainment which included songs, popular arias and marches from the opera seria and other types of music. However, after the Duchess of Queensberry had succeeded in persuading John Rich, manager of the rival Lincoln's Inn ...
... stage entertainment which included songs, popular arias and marches from the opera seria and other types of music. However, after the Duchess of Queensberry had succeeded in persuading John Rich, manager of the rival Lincoln's Inn ...
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... Stage " : As a Proof that I have an excellent Taste , I always despised the Tragedies of Shakespeare , Otway , and Young , and preferr'd with Admiration of Mr. Rolli's Operas at the Hay - Market . [ ... ] He has followed the Antients so ...
... Stage " : As a Proof that I have an excellent Taste , I always despised the Tragedies of Shakespeare , Otway , and Young , and preferr'd with Admiration of Mr. Rolli's Operas at the Hay - Market . [ ... ] He has followed the Antients so ...
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... stage in 1731 following the suppression of his The Grub Street Opera , his later plays , written for a theatre favoured with a Government licence , Drury Lane , avoided the subject of politics . ' 16 12 The Covent - Garden Journal by ...
... stage in 1731 following the suppression of his The Grub Street Opera , his later plays , written for a theatre favoured with a Government licence , Drury Lane , avoided the subject of politics . ' 16 12 The Covent - Garden Journal by ...
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... stage results in the creation and emergence of a theatrical text of its own . Play and performance are , according to this interpretation , artefacts sui generis . 40 The history of theatrical performance has in fact been a history of ...
... stage results in the creation and emergence of a theatrical text of its own . Play and performance are , according to this interpretation , artefacts sui generis . 40 The history of theatrical performance has in fact been a history of ...
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... stage is turned into darkness , and when lighted again , Macheath begins to preach from his electric chair a kind of sermon about the guilty ones of modern society . The Beggar remarks : 60 Hear them howling in the smokey ruins of the ...
... stage is turned into darkness , and when lighted again , Macheath begins to preach from his electric chair a kind of sermon about the guilty ones of modern society . The Beggar remarks : 60 Hear them howling in the smokey ruins of the ...
Contenido
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Sección 18 | 169 |
Sección 19 | 193 |
Sección 20 | 200 |
Sección 21 | 210 |
Sección 22 | 219 |
Sección 23 | 243 |
Sección 24 | 273 |
Sección 9 | 103 |
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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 |