The Beggar's Opera

T734974412
Satirical look at opera and the upper classes. The opera is set around the love of an innocent girl, daughter of criminal parents, for a highwayman. Contains such great lines as "hang your husband and be dutiful", "do you think your mother and I would have been happy had we been married?".

Author

John Gay

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Archive :: production:T734974412, musical:S1427, venue:V586

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Production details

The Scottish Premiere of the Royal Shakespeare Company's version of John Gay's The Beggar's Opera.