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The beggar's opera

By Havel, Vc̀lav & Wilson, Paul E. & Gay, John

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"The Beggar's Opera is a free-wheeling, highly politicized adaptation of John Gay's well-known eighteenth-century work of the same name. The play, reminiscent of Havel's earlier Garden Party and The Memorandum, is up to his best satirical standard. Like the Brecht/Weill Threepenny Opera, Havel's play uses an underworld milieu to explore the intermingled themes of love, loyalty, and treachery."--BOOK JACKET.Read MoreRead Less

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ISBN
978-0-80143-833-2
Publisher
Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2001.


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Reviewed on May 15, 2001

Czech Republic President Havel's 1975 adaptation of British dramatist John Gay's 1728 political satire, The Beggar's Opera, and other subversive works made him a blacklisted dissenter in the Czech Communist regime. Translated here by Wilson, who has rendered many of Havel's works in English, the play's 14 quick scenes depart from Gay's original ballad in three ways: its style is colloquial, its tone is comic, and its subpl...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

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