Details

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?". The Beggar's Opera website.

Creatives/Company

Author: John Gay
Company: The University of Kent Summer Opera
Conductor: Susan Wanless
Director: Chris Blackwood
Design: Simon Roberts
Lighting: Dee Ashworth