1922 The Beggar's Opera

Description

Illustrated, Limited Edition, Original Binding, Publishers' Original Binding

Limited to one thousand copies of which nine hundred and fifty are for sale. Illustrated with twenty-eight plates in collotype and facsimiles of the original title page, head and tail pieces. Collated complete. A ballad opera in three acts, originally written in 1728 with music arranged by Johann Christoph Pepusch. It is one of the watershed plays in Augustan drama and an example of the once thriving genre of satirical ballad opera. Written by John Gay, an English poet, dramatist, and member of the Scriblerus Club best remembered for this work. With an introduction by Oswald Doughty, a British author and lecturer of English.