The Beggar's Opera: The Anti-Opera
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DescriptionJohn Gay wrote The Beggar's Opera as an anti-opera rather than an opera, lampooning the Italian opera style and the English public's fascination with it. Take a minute to get the scoop!Listen to: The Beggar's Opera ℅ YouTubeFun FactsFact 1Lavinia Fenton, the first Polly Peachum, became an overnight success. Her pictures were in great demand, verses were written to her and books published about her. After appearing in several comedies, and then in numerous repetitions of The B...
